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SUPERINTENDENT    WILLIAM  MURRAY. 

INSPECTOR    THOMAS  BYRNES. 
INSPECTOR  ALEXANDER  WILLIAMS. 

INSPECTOR  PETER  CONLIN. 

INSPECTOK  HENRY  V.  STEERS. 

SUPERINTENDENT   PATRICK  CAMPBELL. 

INSPECTOR  MACKELLAR. 

INSPECTOR  PATRICK  H.  McLAUGHLIN. 

INSPECTOR  EDWARD  REILLY. 

BENJAMIN  MURPHY. 


Adams,  George 
Agnew,  William 

Emerson,  Peter 
Elliot,  Doc 

Love,  John 
Leavitt,  Andy  Jr. 

Brooks,  H.  Maxwell 

Estars,  Maggie 

Lyons,  Ned 

Bruns,  Owen 

Engel,  George 

Lucas,  Israel 

Brill,  Gus 

Foster,  Nathan  B. 

Lingg,  Louis 

Brockway,  Charles  O. 

Flynn,  James  H. 

Lyons,  Daniel 

Burke,  John 

Frothingham,  D. 

Martin,  Lewis  R. 

Bennett,  Frank 

Fitzgerald,  James 

McGillicuddy,  J. 

Bullanl,  Charles 

Farrell.  Ned 

Monahan,  John 

Brooks,  Thomas 

Fischer,  S. 

McCabe,  James 

Ben,  Ah 

Fielding,  Sam 

Murphy,  Dennis 

Benson.  George 

Garrett,  Mrs.  A. 

Maitland,  W.  L. 

Baker,  Van  B. 

Galvin,  Tom 

Mugridge.  Clem 

Bedell,  James  E. 

Guering,  Eddie 

Merwin,  Jesse 

Baun  De,  Charles  I. 
Barber,  Richard 

Griffin,  Ellen 
Gerhart,  Francis 

Morgan,  Blinkey 
Miner,  Rufus 

Heal,  Johnny 

Gregory,  August 

Miles,  J.K. 

Burrows,  Jim 

Greenwell,  John 

Mundfrom,  Wm. 

Bettini,  Callandro 

Guestoni.  Fillipe 

Meyers,  Harry 

Bernal,  Emelia 

Hausen.  Mary  A. 

Mason,  George 

Braynard,  John 

Huntermark,  Mrs.  Wm. 

McDonald,  Mrs.  B. 

Baker,  Theodore 

Harrison*  George 

Moore,  Harry 

Cignarale,  Mrs. 

Hamilton,  Oregon 

Morrill,  E.  D. 

Conners,  Billy 

Havermyer,  Charles 

Norton,  Piggy 

Chase,  I.  M. 

Hawkins.  Albert 

Nugent,  John 

Collins,  Daniel 

Haigbt,  W.  H. 

Newman,  C.  H. 

Carl  ton,  Henry 

Huffman,  David 

O'Connor,  Charles 

Connelly.  Mrs,  H. 

Hill.  Sadie 

O'Neil,  J. 

Cortez,  Antonio 

Hovey,  Edward 

Osborne,  W.  J. 

Clegg,  Alfred 

Hennessey,  Pat  H. 

O'Brien,  John 

Cooke,  Oscar 

Hays,  Billy 

Paterson,  Edna 

Courtney,-  Lord  • 

Howe,  John  H. 

Parish,  Joe 

Crawford.  James  ' 

Hetzke,  August 

Porter,  Billy 

Carson,  George 

Holong,  N.  O. 

Perry,  Anderson 

Dallas,  George 

Hope.  John 

Parker,  Charles 

Donovan.  Peter 

Heyman.  Bertha 

Patterson.  William 

Delaney,  John  I. 

Howard.  A.  J. 

Peakes,  Barclay 

Day,  Clement  A. 

Hong,  Di 

Pickett.  J.  M. 

Douglas,  William  I. 

Irving,  John 

Peterson,  Gus  A. 

Doyle,  James  R. 

Johnson,  Augustus 

Price,  Tom 

Doran,  Joe 

Judd,  Katie 

Poupart,  F.  B. 

Dutch  Miller, 

Jacobs.  James  H. 

Phillips,  James 

Davis,  Emma 

King,  Clara 

Parsons,  A  .  R. 

Danford.  J.  8. 

Krone,  Count 

Rowe.  A.  E. 

Dale,  Clifford 

Kurtz,  Michael 

Reese,  Thomas  A. 

Devine,  William 

Kelly,  Tom 

Robinson,  John 

Detlaf,  August 

Kelly,  John 

Randall,  L.  J. 

Driscoll,  Dan 

Kinney,  Edward 

Ross,  J.  T. 

Druse,  Mrs. 

Koehler,  Frank 

Raymond,  Gus 

Duval,  George  W. 

Lowsteller,  Mary 

Riley,  Thomas 

Raymond,  Stephen 
Rhodes,  Mrs.  S. 
Rohrmason,  Henry 
Robinson,  Sarah  Mrs. 
Reily,  Thomas 
Scott,  Cherry 
Sully,  Ed. 
Simmons,  Edward 
Sweeney,  May 
Sheridan,  Walter 
Smith,  Charles  H. 
Smith,  Thomas 
Sautoras,  Phil 
Strahler,  Sam 
Steiiihauser,  Mrs.  M. 
Stanyard,  Ebenezer 
Sherer,  James 
Stow,  E.  D. 
Sindram,  Wm.  D. 
Smith,  Mabel 
Schwab,  G. 
Stewart,  Charles 
Spiess,  August 
Showers,  William 
Touche  La.  Mrs. 
Taylor,  Alfred 
Tressler,  George 
Tate.  James  W 
Titterington.  James 
Taggert,  James  N. 
Tartar,  George 
Unger,  Capt. 
Unrub,  Mrs. 
Vasto  Del,  Mme. 
Vanzant,  Vic  E. 
Vice,  William 
Woodward,  George 
Wilson,  Joe 
Wall,  John 
Wheeler,  Edward 
Worth,  Adam 
Whyte,  M.  J. 
Walsh,  John 
Watson,  James 
Weaver,  Tom 
Woolfolk,  Thomas  G. 
Williams,  S.  M. 
Woolsteen,  Hattie 
Werner,  Antone 
Witrock,  F. 


4035EO 


IfflLIiIAM 


Superintendent  William  Murray  is  a  native  of  New  York  City,  and 
was  born  in  the  year  1844.  Rejoined  the  police  force  in  1866  and 
went  to  the  Third  Precinct,  then  under  command  of  Captain  James 
Greer.  In  a  few  weeks  after  becoming  a  policeman,  he  distinguished 
himself  by  making  several  important  arrests,  among  which  was  the 
arrest  of  Worth,  one  of  the  most  notorious  safe  burglars  in  the  world. 
Within  two  years  he  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  sergeant,  and  served  in 
the  Eighth,  Sixteenth  and  Fifteenth  Precincts.  He  was  promoted  to 
a  captaincy  on  October  2d,  1876,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the 
Fourth  Precinct.  Among  the  large  number  of  important  arrests  made 
during  his  captaincy  may  be  mentioned  the  following:  Thomas  Belton, 
a  trusted  employee  of  H.  B.  Claflin  &  Co.,  who  had  for  years  been  a 
systematic  thief  and  who  was  convicted  and  sent  to  State  Prison  for 
stealing  about  $50,000  worth  of  needles  and  thread.  He  arrested 
Thomas  Cusick,  who  murdered  his  wife  in  March,  1877.  He  also 
arrested  the  thieves  who  robbed  Mattie  Danzier's  house  of  $200,000 
in  money  and  bonds,  and  recovered  most  of  the  plunder.  Eight 
months  after  his  promotion  to  captain  he  was  made  inspector,  and 
greatly  distinguished  himself  in  this  latter  position.  Every  fourth 
night,  at  six  o'clock,  he  would  go  on  inspection  duty,  and  had  been,  in 
fact,  during  that  time,  superintendent  of  the  entire  force  for  fourteen 
hours,  and  controlling  the  action,  as  circumstances  might  dictate,  of 
the  whole  force.  On  June  gth,  r885,  he  was  made  Superintendent, 
and  under  his  able  management  the  police  force  of  the  City  of  New 
York  has  developed  into  one  of  the  finest  in  the  world.  He  is  a  rigid 
disciplinarian,  although  kind  and  courteous  to  all;  and  the  members 
of  the  force  know  that  from  him  merit  will  receive  its  reward. 


WILLIAM    MURRAY 

Superintendent  of  Police,  New  York 


©ROMAS  BYRNES. 


Inspector  Byrnes,  like  every  other  smart  man,  has  worked  himself 
from  the  ranks,  a  circumstance  which  also  adds  to  his  merit.  He  began 
his  career  on  the  police  force  on  December  loth,  1863,  as  patrolman, 
and  after  five  years  of  hard  service  in  the  Fifteenth  Precinct,  then 
haunted  by  a  most  dangerous  class  of  law  breakers,  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  roundsman  and  sent  to  the  City  Hall  Precinct.  A 
year  later  he  was  made  sergeant  and  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Sixth 
Precinct.  In  1870  he  was  appointed  Captain,  and  successively  com- 
manded the  Twenty-third,  Twenty-first  and  Fifteenth  Precincts,  the 
Broadway  Squad  and  again  the  Fifteenth  Precinct.  It  was  while  here 
that  his  great  ability  as  a  policeman  attracted  attention,  and  he  rapidly 
gained  laurels.  When  R.  L.  Crawford,  son-in-law  of  Commodore 
Vanderbilt,  shot  officer  Henderson  in  the  rear  of  the  Commodore's 
residence,  it  was  Captain  Byrnes  who  arrested  him.  Then  came  the 
famous  Manhattan  Bank  robbery,  when  the  thieves  carried  away 
$80,000  in  money  and  two  million  dollars  in  securities.  Byrnes  struck  the 
trail  of  the  robbers  and  finally  landed  them  in  Sing  Sing.  On  March 
12,  1880,  Byrnes  was  made  Inspector  and  placed  in  charge  of  the 
Detective  Bureau.  He  immediately  set  about  making  changes  and 
remodeling  this  department,  and  to-day  it  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
world.  He  established  a  branch  office  in  Wall  Street,  with  a  detail 
of  efficient  detectives,  and  soon  rid  that  financial  centre  of  rogues. 
Byrnes  is  a  clever  detective,  and  the  numerous  cases  of  mysterious 
crimes  he  has  unearthed  are  innumerable. 


THOMAS   BYRNES 

Inspector  of  Police  New  York 


G5lLLcIAMS, 


There  is  no  man  connected  with  the  police  force  of  New  York, 
better  or  more  widely  known  than  Inspector  Alexander  Williams.  In 
the  police  history  of  every  nation,  certain  men  assume  an  individual 
and  striking  importance  by  reason  of  their  skill,  talents  and  executive 
ability.  It  is  to  this  class  of  men  that  Alexander  Williams  belongs. 
He  is  a  Nova  Scotian  by  birth,  and  a  short  time  after  his  advent  in 
New  York  was  appointed  on  the  police  force  as  patrolman,  and  by 
rapid  strides  became  the  famous  commander  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Pre- 
cinct of  the  City  of  New  York.  This  precinct  was  probably  one  of 
the  worst  in  the  city,  on  account  of  the  numerous  dives  and  disreputa- 
ble places  in  it,  thereby  also  drawing  to  it  crooks  and  thieves  from 
other  localities.  On  this  account  he  probably  made  more  enemies 
than  friends  in  this  precinct,  and  many  efforts  were  made  to  oust  him. 
but  he  held  on  firmly,  did  his  duty,  and  became  a  terror  to  all  evil 
doers.  He  is  a  man  of  magnificent  phisique,  knowing  no  fear;  and  he 
alone,  of  all  captains,  has  been  able  to  control  the  vicious  and  danger- 
ous elements  which  centered  in  this  precinct.  His  enemies  for  a  time 
succeeded  in  having  him  removed,  when  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
the  Street  Cleaning  Department  of  the  city,  which  he  managed  with 
great  executive  ability ;  but  the  Police  Commissioners  were  compelled 
to  transfer  him  back  to  his  old  precinct.  In  1885,  he  was  appointed 
inspector,  which  position  he  now  holds,  and  in  this,  as  in  all  others,  he 
is  the  man  in  the  right  place.  Socially  he  is  a  genial,  quiet,  pleasant 
gentleman. 


ALEXANDER  S.WILLIAMS 

Inspectorof  Police  NewYork  ' 


(§ONLIN. 


Inspector  Peter  Conlin  is  about  44  years  of  age  and  of  Irish  birth. 
He  was  a  boy  at  school,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  rebellion,  in  Philadel- 
phia. He  ran  away  and  enlisted  in  the  Twelfth  New  York  Regiment. 
After  three  months  service  in  West  Virginia,  he  re-enlisted  in  the 
Sixty-ninth  Volunteers,  and  for  his  bravery  on  the  field  of  battle  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  first-lieutenant.  He  served  with  distinction 
throughout  the  war,  and  at  its  close  was,  for  two  years,  Deputy  Collec- 
tor in  Louisiana.  "  He  afterwards  came  to  New  York  and  was  ap- 
pointed a  patrolman  on  the  police  force  on  July  29th,  1869.  He  dis- 
played on  several  occasions  great  bravery,  and  made  many  important 
arrests,  for  which  he  was  promoted  to  roundsman  on  December  6th, 
1872,  and  on  July  loth,  1876,  he  was  made  sergeant  and  assigned  to 
the  command  of  the  Second  Precinct.  On  February  8th,  1884,  he 
was  appointed  police  captain.  The  Police  Commissioners  on  that  day 
appointed  two  police  captains,  one  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the 
death  of  Captain  Kealey,  and  the  other  to  draw  the  salary  provided  for 
by  the  appropriation  for  a  division  of  Captain  Williams'  precinct. 
Sergeants  Moses  W.  Cartright,  of  the  Forty-seventh  Street  Squad,  and 
Peter  Conlin  were  the  two  promoted,  they  both  also  having  been  made 
sergeants  on  the  same  day.  Mr.  Conlin,  after  being  captain  for  about 
a  year,  was  made  Inspector  in  1885.  He  is  a  man  of  good  executive 
ability,  understanding  thoroughly  the  duties  of  his  department,  and 
can  always  be  found  attending  to  same. 


PETER    CONLIN 

Inspector  of  Pol  ice,  New  York 


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F?ENI^Y  U. 


Inspector  Henry  V.  Steers  was  born  in  Wcstchester  County, 
N.  Y.,  on  January  6th,  1832,  and  is  the  son -of  Thomas  Steers,  who  was 
a  captain  in  the  old  Metropolitan  Police  Force.  His  early  life  was 
uneventful.  On  November  17,  1857,  he  was  appointed  on  the  police 
force  as  patrolman,  and  was  detailed  for  three  years  at  the  Grand 
Street  ferry,  and  distinguished  himself  by  rescuing  about  a  dozen 
persons  from  drowning.  On  account  of  his  bravery,  he  was  made  a 
roundsman,  and  was  transferred  to  the  Fourteenth  Precinct,  where  he 
made  several  noteworthy  arrests.  During  the  riots  of  1863  he  proved 
a  plucky  fighter,  and  was  repeatedly  complimented  for  his  gallant  con- 
duct. The  Commissioners  promoted  him  to  the  rank  of  sergeant 
in  1865,  and  in  the  beginning  of  the  following  year  placed  him  in  com- 
mand of  the  Sub-Precinct  at  West  Farms.  While  there  he  arrested  a 
man,  Walker  and  his  family,  who  were  engaged  in  counterfeiting  frac- 
tional currency,  capturing,  at  the  same  time,  all  the  plates  and  many 
counterfeits.  Mr.  Steers  was  made  captain  on  April  i8th,  1874,  and 
in  the  following  November  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Twenty- 
ninth  Precinct.  His  rule  in  that  precinct  was  not  disturbed  by  a 
whisper  of  criticism  affecting  his  personal  or  official  integrity,  and  he 
was  transferred  in  1876  to  the  Thirty-second  Precinct,  at  his  own 
request.  In  May,  1883,  he  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  City 
Hall  Squad,  and  in  1885  he  was  made  Inspector.  He  has  many  friends 
and  few  enemies  in  the  department.  He  is  a  fine  looking  man,  in  the 
prime  of  life,  with  a  disposition  to  please  everybody,  full  of  cheerful- 
ness of  a  contagious  sort,  and  displays  considerable  tact  in  his  dealings 
with  other  men. 


HENRY  V.  STEERS 

Inspector  of  Police,  New  York 


SUPERINTENDENT  ]<?ATRIG^  (SAMPBELL. 


Patrick  Campbell,  the  Superintendent  of  Police  of  Brooklyn, 
was  born  on  January  I2th,  1827,  in  the  City  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  At 
an  early  age  his  parents  removed  to  Brooklyn,  which  has  ever  since 
been  his  home.  After  receiving  a  common  school  education,  he 
entered  the  printing  office  of  the  Brooklyn  Eagle.  It  was  at  the  foot 
of  the  ladder,  but  he  climbed  step  by  step  for  nearly  twenty  years, 
until  he  became  superintendent  of  the  office.  He  early  entered  politi- 
cal life,  and  his  progress  in  the  party  with  which  he  was  affiliated  was 
marked.  During  President  Pierce's  administration,  he  was  rewarded 
by  an  appointment  as  Inspector  of  Customs  ;  and  he  continued  to  hold 
office  under  Buchanan  and  during  a  part  of  President  Lincoln's  term. 
In  1866  he  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Kings  County.  On  June  1st,  1870, 
he  was  appointed  Chief  of  Police  of  Brooklyn,  and  was  relieved  from 
duty  August  2d,  1873,  the  office  of  Chief  of  Police  being  abolished. 
On  August  1 2th,  1875,  he  was  appointed  to  the  position  he  now  holds, 
that  of  superintendent,  and  under  his  efficient  control  the  police  force 
of  Brooklyn  is  second  to  none,  and  the  name  of  Patrick  Campbell  has 
gained  a  world  wide  reputation.  He  is  a  model  official  and  is  master 
of  the  numberless  details  of  his  office.  He  is  firm  and  determined, 
just  and  equitable,  and  has  a  kindly  word  for  every  one. 


PATRICK  CAMPBELL 

Superintendent,  of  Police. Brooklyn 


Inspector  Mackeller  was  born  in  New  York  City  on  March  4th, 
1842.  He  moved  in  1845  to  Brooklyn,  which  has  ever  since  been  his 
home.  In  the  old  days  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department  he  was  one 
of  its  plucky  members.  He  entered  police  life  in  July  1863,  at  the 
age  of  21,  when  he  joined  the  special  force  called  to  suppress  the  Draft 
Riots  in  New  York.  After  the  riots  he  was  transferred  to  the  Atlan- 
tic Dock  Squad — a  body  of  men  organized  to  protect  the  valuable 
store  houses  in  that  neighborhood  from  Southern  incendiaries,  thieves 
and  mobs.  In  June,  1864,  he  was  appointed  patrolman.  He  began 
duty  in  the  Forty-eighth  Precinct  and  after  six  months  was  promoted 
to  acting  sergeant.  In  1878  he  was  assigned  to  the  Tenth  Precinct, 
where  he  remained  five  years.  He  was  then  advanced  to  his  present 
position  of  Inspector.  He  is  a  first-class  detective,  knows  a  great  deal 
about  crooked  people  and  is  always  around  and  on  the  alert  looking  for 
them,  and  has  been  greatly  instrumental  in  driving  this  class  out  of 
Brooklyn.  He  is  business  to  the  core.  He  is  always  on  time  and 
leaves  nothing  unattended  to.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the 
numberless  subjects  on  which  information  is  requisite  to  make  a 
thorough  officer. 


JOHN    MACKELLAR 

Inspector  of  Police, Brooklyn 


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Patrick  H.  McLaughlin  was  born  in  the  City  of  Brooklyn  on  August 
8th,  1842.  While  attending  school  he  showed  brightness  and  ability, 
and  always  retained  the  knowledge  which  he  had  gained.  After  leaving 
school  he  learned  the  trade  of  iron  moulder,  at  which  he  became  pro- 
ficient. In  1861,  when  the  war  broke  out,  he  enlisted  in  the  i/3d  Regi- 
ment, New  York  State,  and  went  to  the  front.  He  served  his  country 
for  three  years.  He  was  with  Sheridan  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  with 
Banks  in  the  Gulf,  and  saw  many  bloody  battles.  He  was  promoted 
to  first-lieutenant  for  bravery  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  with  Sheridan. 
After  the  war  was  over  he  returned  to  Brooklyn,  and  on  January  I  ith, 
1866,  he  was  appointed  on  the  police  force  and  assigned  as  patrolman 
in  the  Fifth  Precinct,  and  while  here  distinguished  himself  by  many  im- 
portant arrests.  He  was  made  roundsman  in  1869  and  assigned  to  the 
Third  Sub-Precinct,  and  a  few  weeks  later  was  made  sergeant,  and  in 
July  of  same  year  was  appointed  captain  of  the  Eighth  Precinct.  He 
afterwards  took  command  of  the  Ninth  Precinct,  where  he  remained 
until  1886,  when  he  was  appointed  inspector.  He  devotes  much  of 
his  time  to  drilling  and  instructing  new  comers  on  the  force,  the  object 
of  which  is  to  prepare  the  officers  for  prompt  and  intelligent  action 
under  any  circumstances  which  may  arise. 


PATRICK  H. MCLAUGHLIN 

Inspector  of  Police.Brooklyn 


Inspector  Edward  Reilly  was  born  in  New  York  City  on  Junegth, 
1842.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Brooklyn  when^a  child.  He  is 
a  man  of  fine  appearance  and  Herculanean  figure.  On  May  4th,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Ninth  New  York  Volunteers,  for  two  years. 
He  took  part  in  the  battle  at  Big  Bethel,  and  afterwards  accompanied 
Butler's  expedition  to  Cape  Hatteras.  He  also  accompanied  Burn- 
side's  expedition  to  Roanoke  Island  and  took  part  in  the  final  engage- 
ment there.  He  also  participated  in  the  'battles  of  South  Mountain 
and  Antietam  ;  at  the  latter  place  he  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  and 
knee.  After  his  recovery  he  went  to  Fredericksburgh,  when  his  regi- 
ment was  mustered  out  of  service.  He  re-enlisted  and  was  com- 
missioned second-lieutenant.  He  took  part  in  the  suppression  of  the 
New  York  riots  and  distinguished  himself  for  coolness  and  courage. 
On  June  gth,  1867,  he  was  appointed  patrolman  on  the  Brooklyn  police 
force.  He  was  promoted  to  sergeant  on  June  nth,  1870,  and  during 
1871-2-3  was  acting  captain  of  the  Third  Sub-Precinct.  This  was 
afterwards  made  the  Eleventh  Precinct,  and  he  was  appointed  captain 
on  September  4th,  1875.  As  captain  he  made  a  splendid  record,  and 
was  always  feared  by  the  turbulent  element  in  his  precinct.  He 
became  inspector  on  July  7th,  1886.  His  promotion  was  deserved, 
and  it  has  given  universal  satisfaction. 


EDWARD    REILLY 

Inspector  of  Police  Brooklyn 


BENJAMIN 


Benjamin  Murphy,  the  present  Chief  of  the  Jersey  City  police 
force,  commenced  service  on  same  May  3d,  1873,  and  served  in  various 
positions  until  August,  1879,  when  he  was  promoted  to  his  present 
position.  Chief  Murphy  is  an  enthusiastic  police  officer,  devoting  his 
entire  time  striving  for  the  advancement  and  efficiency  of  the  force' 
under  his  command.  He  is  on  hand  early  and  stays  late,  from  8 
o'clock  in  the  morning  until  1 1  o'clock  at  night,  and  it  is  said  he  has 
never  been  absent  from  duty  during  his  entire  service  of  fifteen  years. 
He  is  a  veteran  of  the  late  war,  he  having  served  in  the  Eighth 
Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  from  September,  1861,  until  August, 
1865.  The  records  of  his  regiment  show  him  to  have  occupied  all  the 
positions  of  rank,  from  private  to  captain,  and  that  he  was  present  at 
all  of  the  thirty-six  battles  that  regiment  took  part  in. 


BENJAMIN   MURPHY 

Chief  of  Pol  ice,  Jersey  City 


ELMER  D.  MORRILL. 


In  the  early  part  of  1887,  the  good 
city  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  was  thrown 
into  considerable  excitement  by  the  dis- 
covery of  a  young  woman  dead  on  the 
street,  with  her  newly  born  babe  beside 
her.  Upon  investigation  by  the  police, 
Elmer  D.  Morrill  was  arrested  for  the 
crime  of  murdering  her,  and  the  grand 
jury  found  an  indictment  against  him 
for  murder.  The  cause  of  the  murder 
was  at  first  considerably  shrouded 
in  mystery;  but  subsequent  events 
pointed  to  the  above  individual. 


AUGUST  SPIESS. 


On  May  4th,  1886,  the  memorable 
Haymarket  massacre  in  Chicago  oc- 
curred. The  Socialists  of  that  city 
held  a  large  out-of-door  meeting  on 
the  evening  of  that  date,  at  which  a 
large  and  turbulent  crowd  attended. 
Amongst  the  leaders  present  was 
August  Spiess,  who  made  violent  and 
incendiary  speeches,  urging  the  mob 
on  to  violence.  Suddenly  a  number 
of  bombs  were  thrown  among  the 
police,  killing  and  wounding  dozens 
of  them,  and  a  fearful  scene  of  blood- 
shed followed  Spiess,  in  connection 
with  others,  was  arrested,  tried  for 
murder  and  hung  on  Nov.  nth,  1887, 
together  with  Fischer,  Engel  and  Par- 
sons, his  co-conspirators. 


BERTHA  HEYMAN. 


Mrs.  DRUSE. 


Mrs.  Druse  was  the  first  woman 
hanged  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
She  was  convicted  of  murdering  her 
husband.  The  crime  was  committed 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1876,  in 
Warren,  Herkimer  Co.,  New  York, 
and  she  was  assisted  by  her  eldest 
daughter,  May,  who  received  a  life 
sentence,  and  is  now  in  the  Canan- 
daigua  Penitentiary.  The  crime  was 
a  diabolical  one,  and  there  appeared 
no  cause,  excepting  a  desire  to  rid 
herself  of  her  husband. 


Bertha  Heyman  is.  without  doubt, 
one  of  the  most  notorious  and  success- 
ful confidence  women  in  this  country, 
and  is  called  by  the  police  the  Confi- 
dence Queen.  She  was  born  in  Ger- 
many and  came  to  this  country  several 
years  ago,  and  shortly  afterwards 
started  on  a  career  of  swindling  by 
the  confidence  game,  and  during  her 
career  has  cheated  hundreds  of  people 
out  of  thousands  of  dollars.  She  has 
been  arrested  several  times  in  New 
York,  and  lately  was  atrested  in  San 
Fransisco,  Cal.,  for  swindling  several 
highly  respectable  families  there.  She 
posed  as  a  rich  widow,  and  with  a 
young  man,  whom  she  introduced  as 
her  son,  got  thousands  of  dollars  from 
them,  on  the  pretence  that  she  was 
awaiting  remittances  from  her  estates 
in  Germany. 


ELMER  D.  MORRILL. 


AUGUST  SPIESS. 


Mrs.  DRUSE. 


BERTHA  HEYMAN. 


JOHN  HOPE. 


JIM  BURROWS. 


This  is  a  portrait  of  a  noted  outlaw 
and  train  robber,  whose  exploits  in 
holding  up  trains  in  the  South-western 
country  have  been  numerous.  He  is 
daring  and  often  works  alone,  and  has 
no  fear  of  holding  up  a  whole  train  all 
by  himself.  He  sometimes  though 
works  with  other  robbers.  He  was 
arrested  in  January,  1888,  near  Texar- 
kana,  Ark.,  by  Police  Captain  John 
Martin,  of  Montgomery,  Ala. 


John  Hope,  al'as  Watson,  is  one  of 
the  most  celebrated  bank  burglars  in 
the  United  States,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  Manhattan  Bank  robbery  in 
New  York,  in  connection  with  John 
Shelvin,  the  watchman,  old  James 
Hope,  his  father,  Pete  Emerson.  John 
Nugent  and  Eddie  Gearing.  By  this 
celebrated  robbery  over  two  and  a  half 
millions  of  dollars  in  securities  were 
carried  away.  This  was  probably  one 
of  the  best  executed  and  the  largest 
robbery  on  record,  and  the  thieves 
were  months  planning  same.  Hope 
started  out  on  his  career  as  a  pick- 
pocket, and  gradually  worked  himself 
up  to  a  more  exalted  criminal  position 
of  bank  burglar.  He  is  about  31  years 
of  age,  5  feet  9  inches  high,  and 
weighs  about  160  Ibs. 


ERACTJO  BERNAL. 


Eraclio  Bernal  was  a  Mexican  ban- 
dit, who  was  lately  killed  by  Mexican 
troops.  He  was  thirty-eight  years  of 
age,  and  during  his  early  manhood 
bore  the  reputation  of  being  a  law 
abiding  citizen.  Twelve  years  ago  he 
was  arrested  and  convicted  of  a  crime, 
of  which  he  was  afterwards  proven 
innocent.  He  broke  from  prison  and 
vowed  that  his  future  career  would 
amply  revenge  the  wrong  he  had 
suffered.  He  took  to  the  mountains 
and  gathered  about  him  a  gang  of 
cut-throats,  of  whom  he  became  leader. 
He  set  out  on  a  systematic  career  of 
pillage  and  violence,  and  killing  all 
those  who  offered  resistance  ;  growing 
bolder,  he  even  put  whole  villages 
under  contribution. 


CALANDRO  BETTINI. 


Calandro  Bettini  was  at  the  head  of 
a  band  of  Italian  counterfeiters  in 
New  York  City.  This  gang  was  com- 
posed of  all  Italians,  numbering  six 
men  and  two  women.  They  made  a 
fair  counterfeit  of  one  and  five  dollar 
silver  counterfeits,  and  succeeded  in 
scattering  a  large  number  through  and 
around  New  York  and  Washington, 
D.  C.  This  whole  gang  was  simul- 
taneously arrested  in  New  York  City 
on  the  same  day,  at  their  different 
places  of  abode,  together  with  all  the 
implements  of  their  trade  and  several 
thousands  of  dollars  of  the  silver  cer- 
tificates. This  arrest  was  made  in 
the  summer  of  1888,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  important  in  years. 


JIM  BURROWS. 


JOHN  HOPE. 


ERACLIO  BERNAL. 


CALANDRO  BETTINI. 


DUTCH  MILLER. 


Yic  E.  YANZANT. 
** 

This  party's  slight  failing  was  the 
passing  of  forged  checks,  principally 
on  storekeepers.  He  would  call  upon 
a  storekeeper,  make  a  purchase  and 
give  in  payment  a  forged  check  for  a 
large  amount.  He  was  at  last  captured 
whilst  engaged  in  this  business,  and 
when  searched,  a  number  of  forged 
checks  for  different  amounts  and  on 
different  banks  were  found  on  his 
person. 


On  the  night  of  the  I3th  of  March, 
1887,  the  residence  of  Lyman  S. 
Weeks,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  was 
entered  by  burglars.  The  noise  of 
their  operations  was  heard  by  Weeks, 
who  descended  to  the  dining  room. 
As  he  entered  it,  he  was  immediately 
shot  at,  and  almost  instantly  killed. 
After  a  few  days,  the  police  succeeded 
in  fixing  the  crime  upon  John  Green- 
well  and  Dutch  Miller,  two  notorious 
burglars  and  thieves,  and  known  as 
the  Bowery  lodging  house  gang. 


JAMES  TITTERINGTON. 


On  December  3ist,  1884,  in  broad 
daylight  in  New  York  City,  Luther 
Church,  a  soda  water  manufacturer, 
was  attacked  on  the  stairs  of  the  mth 
Street  Elevated  Station,  and  relieved 
of  a  satchel  containing  $2,300.  The 
thieves  were  dressed  in  check  jumpers 
and  drove  a  butcher  cart  to  which 
was  attached  a  fast  horse.  One  thief 
sat  in  the  wagon  while  the  other  fol- 
lowed Mr.  Church,  and  as  he  was 
mounting  the  stairs,  struck  him  on  the 
head  with  a  piece  of  lead  pipe,  stun- 
ning him.  He  then  grabbed  the 
satchel,  jumped  in  the  cart,  and  was 
driven  off.  James  Titterington  was 
the  one  who  used  the  lead  pipe. 


JOHN  WALSH. 


Few  men  have  gained  a  more  notori- 
ous reputation  as  bank  robber  and 
crook,  than  the  above  named  individ- 
ual, and  he  stood  at  the  head  of  the 
criminal  profession,  with  such  asso- 
ciates as  John  Irving,  Billy  Porter, 
John  Hope,  Wm.  Vosburg,  and  others. 
While  in  a  saloon  in  New  York  with 
Vosburg.  Michael  Fay,  Patrick  Leary, 
and  others,  Johnny  Irving  entered 
and  fired  at  Walsh.  Walsh  returned 
the  fire  and  a  general  fiisilade  com- 
menced, the  result  being  the  principals 
were  killed. 


Yic  E.  YANZANT. 


DUTCH  MILLER. 


JAMES  TITTERINGTON. 


JOHN  WALSH. 


CLEM  MUGRIDGE. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  hails  from 
Barry  County.  Mich.,  and  is  supposed 
to  follow  the  occupation  of  farmer, 
butcher  and  drover.  He  was  inclined 
to  lead  a  gay  life,  frequenting  saloons, 
indulging  in  intoxicating  liquors,  and 
as  a  result,  forgery  is  the  crime  laid 
at  his  door.  He  is  about  27  years  of 
age,  but  looks  older,  and  has  a  pecul- 
iar way  of  talking  out  of  the  corner  of 
his  mouth. 


C.  H.  NEWMAN. 


The  alias  of  this  notorious  western 
confidence  man  is  Parker,  and  he  has 
made  quite  a  fame  for  himself  in  the 
West,  by  swindling  merchants  in  the 
gnise  of  a  wealthy  ranch  owner,  who 
desired  credit  for  a  few  days  until 
several  train  loads  of  live  stock  belong- 
ing to  him  could  arrive.  He  is  known 
throughout  the  West  from  Milwaukee 
to  Matamoras,  and  his  victims  are 
numbered  by  hundreds.  He  made  an 
attempt  in  New  York  to  swindle 
a  large  dry  goods  house,  and  was 
captured  there. 


WILLIAM  PATTERSON. 
- «* 

William  Patterson,  colored,  was 
hung  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  for  the  mur- 
der of  Jennie  Bowman,  a  servant  girl, 
while  heroically  defending  her  master's 
house.  Patterson  was  a  notorious 
thief  and  burglar,  and  in  connection 
with  an  accomplice,  Albert  Turner, 
attempted  to  rob  the  house  occupied 
by  the  employer  of  Jennie  Bowman. 
The  attempt  at  robbing  was  made  in 
broad  daylight,  and  ihe  poor  girl  was 
beaten  to  death.  The  accomplice, 
Turner,  was  also  hung. 


JAMES  WATSON. 


This  individual,  also  known  as 
pretty  Jimmy,  has  for  the  past  twenty 
years  been  known  to  the  police  as  an 
expert  pickpocket,  and  has  plied 
his  vocation  in  New  York  and  in  the 
Eastern  Cities.  He  has  served  a 
number  of  terms  of  imprisonment, 
but  on  his  release  he  immediately 
returns  to  his  nefarious  trade.  He 
generally  travels  with  a  pal,  and  as 
soon  as  he  has  relieved  a  victim,  he 
passes  the  spoils  to  him.  They  gen- 
erally make  it  a  point  to  attend  large 
assemblages. 


CLEM  MUGRIDGE. 


C.  H.  NEWMAN. 


WILLIAM  PATTERSON. 


JAMES  WATSON. 


THOMAS  SMITH. 


WILLIAM  SHOWERS. 


No  more  desperate  crook  and  burglar 
exists  than  the  above  named  individual. 
The  scenes  of  his  crimes  have  been 
principally  in  the  West,  and  he  served 
ten  years  in  the  Joliet  Penitentiary. 
Before  going  there  he  escaped  from 
the  County  Jail.  He  swore,  after  his 
release,  that  he  would  kill  any  police- 
man who  attempted  to  arrest  him 
again.  Shortly  afterwards,  two  knights 
of  the  locust  did  attempt  it,  but  they 
were  fired  upon  by  him  and  he  escaped 
before  they  could  recover  themselves. 


This  fiend  murdered  his  two  grand- 
sons at  his  farm,  at  a  place  called 
Annville,  in  Pennsylvania.  The  old 
man  fell  in  love  with  a  Mrs.  Sergeant, 
of  some  45  summers,  but  she  refused 
to  become  mistress  of  his  farm  until 
the  two  lads  were  put  away  in  some 
orphan  asylum.  Instead  of  doing  this, 
he  strangled  the  two  lads,  with  devilish 
deliberation,  burned  their  clothes  and 
buried  their  bodies  in  a  ditch  near  his 
home ;  but  fortunately  the  crime  was 
discovered  a  few  days  afterwards,  and 
his  arrest  followed. 


JOHN  GcREENWELL. 


Crook,  burglar,  and  finally  murderer, 
is  the  man  who  was  ultimately  convicted 
of  the  murder  of  Lyman  S.  Weeks  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  into  whose  house  he 
had  broken  with  the  intention  of 
robbery,  on  the  evening  of  March  13, 
1887.  Weeks  hearing  noises  below, 
descended  to  the  dining  room  and 
was  immediately  shot  and  killed  by 
Greenwell,  who  had  as  accomplice  his 
pal  named  Dutch  Miller,  who  was 
also  arrested. 


EMMA  DAVIS. 


This  remarkable  woman  has  a 
mania  for  administering  poison  to 
those  whom  she  thinks  have  been 
long  enough  in  this  world,  and 
whose  departure  might  benefit  herself. 
Some  time  ago  she  was  employed  in 
the  family,  in  Malone,  N.  H.,  which 
consisted  of  a  gentleman  and  his  niece. 
She  attempted  to  poison  the  niece. 
Afterwards  she  was  employed  as  nurse 
in  a  family  in  Hartford,  to  care  for 
the  husband,  and  attempted  to  poison 
the  wife,  so  she  might  make  a  more 
prominent  place  for  herself. 


THOMAS  SMITH. 


WILLIAM  SHOWERS. 


•JOHN  GREENWELL. 


EMMA  DAVIS. 


ALFRED  CLEGG. 


J.  S.  DANFORD. 


Amongst  the  noted  and  clever  old 
crooks  and  pickpockets,  this  man 
stands  with  the  foremost.  He  has 
operated  all  over  the  United  States, 
and  his  cleverness  has  often  secured 
his  discharge  after  arrest.  He  has 
often  pleaded  his  own  case,  and  is 
quick  to  take  advantage  of  any  legal 
point.  He  is  also  known  to  the 
police  as  James  Bailey.  He  was 
lately  arrested  at  Saratoga  Springs, 
but  through  his  skill  and  wit  escaped 
punishment. 


Of  all  the  individuals  who  made  it  a 
business  to  impose  upon  the  credulity 
of  his  fellow  beings,  this  fellow  takes 
the  prize.  He  is  known  as  the  notori- 
ous bank  starter,  and  his  field  of 
operations  were  in  Kansas,  Washington 
Territory,  and  Guthrie  County,  Iowa. 
He  would  start  a  snide  bank,  and  by 
offering  extra  inducements  to  depos- 
itors, would  secure  quite  a  large  line 
of  deposits.  After  he  had  thoroughly 
gained  their  confidence,  he  would  skip 
with  all  the  money. 


JESSE  MERWIN. 


Merwin  was  the  agent  of  the  Nat- 
ional Express  Co.  at  Glens  Falls,  N.Y. 
but  abused  his  trust  and  absconded 
with  about  $6,000  belonging  to  the 
Company.  He  had  been  leading  a 
rather  fast  life,  and  in  order  to  find 
the  means,  he  became  an  embezzler. 
He  became  infatuated  with  a  grass 
widow  of  festive  nature,  hailing  from 
Albany,  and  in  his  flight  she  accom- 
panied him, 


BLINKEY  MORGAN. 


Blinkey  Morgan  has  a  record  through 
out  the  country  as  a  burglar,  and  has 
at  last  been  brought  up  for  the  murder 
of  Detective  Hulligan  at  Ravenna,  O., 
having  shot  the  detective  while  he 
was  endeavoring  to  arrest  him.  He 
is  a  clever  man  and  can  read  human 
nature  at  a  glance.  While  on  trial  he 
was  constantly  guarded  by  six  Deputy 
Sheriffs,  as  it  was  known  he  would 
make  a  desperate  attempt  to  escape. 


I    i'V'Vl 


ALFRED  CLEGG. 


J.  S.  DANFORD. 


JESSE  MERWIN. 


BLINKEY  MORGAN. 


ANDREW  J.  HOWARD 


Who  held  the  important  position  of 
Warden  in  Indiana  Southern  Prison, 
was  found  to  be  a  defaulter  to  the 
State  of  between  fifty  to  sixty  thousand 
dollars.  He  not  only  endeavored  to 
cover  up  his  discrepancies  by  over- 
charges on  the  books  for  food  and 
supplies,  but  actually  robbed  the 
prisoners  who  had  any.  For  instance  ; 
one  prisoner  who  had  received  a 
pension  as  federal  soldier,  had  on 
deposit  in  bank,  $2,600,  which  he 
induced  him  to  turn  over  on  a  promise 
of  release  from  prison. 


JOHN  BRAYNARD. 
--•a* 

This  man  is  known  as  a  river  pirate, 
and  was  detected  after  breaking  open 
and  robbing  a  fish  and  boat-house  at 
Coddington  Point.  R.  I.  .  He  was 
arrested  by  a  man  named  Gladding. 
The  thief  showed  fight  and  levelled  a 
shot  gun  at  him.  Gladding  courage- 
ously attacked  htm,  and  before  he 
subdued  him,  the  thief  drew  a  knife 
and  slung-shot,  and  when  searched  a! 
the  Police  Station,  two  razors,  skeleton 
keys  and  other  implements  of  his 
trade  was  found  on  him. 


HONG  Di. 


This  Chinese  murderer  deliberately 
attempted  to  murder  a  whole  family, 
and  succeeded  in  killing  one  person. 
He  was  employed  as  cook  by  a 
wealthy  ranchman  of  St.  Johns,  Cal. 
While  the  wife,  two  daughters  and  a 
friend  were  seated  at  the  supper  table, 
the  chinaman  entered  from  behind 
with  a  Winchester  rifle  in  hand,  and 
without  a  word,  commenced  firing 
upon  the  party,  killing  the  wife  in- 
stantly and  wounding  the  friend. 
The  daughters  escaped  injury.  The 
motive  for  the  crime  is  unknown. 


THEODORE  BAKER. 


Theodore  Baker  was  hanged  at 
Los  Vegas,  N.  M.,  for  the  killing  of 
Frank  Unruh,  a  wealthy  ranchman, 
in  December,  1885.  Baker  worked  on 
the  ranch  for  Unruh  and  became 
infatuated  with  the  latters  wife,  and 
it  is  supposed  his  love  was  returned. 
Mrs.  Unruh  engaged  the  highest  legal 
talent  to  defend  Baker.  At  one  time 
he  was  taken  from  jail  by  a  mob  and 
hanged  to  a  tree,  but  was  rescued  in 
the  nick  of  time  by  the  jailor  and  his 
deputies,  and  reserved  later  for  the 
legal  hangman. 


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ANDREW  J.  HOWARD. 


JOHN  BRAYNARD. 


HONG  Di. 


THEODORE  BAKER. 


MRS.  UNRUH. 


ANDERSON  PERRY. 


This  woman  was  supposed  to  be  the 
accomplice  of  Theodore  Baker,  who 
murdered  her  husband,  Frank  Unruh, 
on  his  ranch  at  Los  Vegas,  N.  M. 
Baker  worked  for  Unruh,  and  an 
intimacy  sprung  up  between  him  and 
Mrs.  Unruh.  The  murder  was  com- 
mitted by  shooting  the  victim  in  the 
head,  killing  him  instantly.  Baker 
was  hung,  although  Mrs.  Unruh  em- 
ployed eminent  counsel  to  defend  him, 
but  before  the  end  she  deserted  him, 
and  he  died  claiming  that  she  was  the 
one  who  fired  the  fatal  shot. 


This  man  was  janitor  at  the 
Maryland  Medical  University,  and  in 
addition  to  his  duties  as  janitor, 
induced  others  and  assisted  in  pro- 
curing bodies  for  dissection.  He 
pursuaded  two  colored  men,  Ross  & 
Hawkins  to  kill  an  aged  white  woman, 
who  had  taken  lodging  with  a  colored 
woman — the  inducement  being  $15. 
They  killed  her  and  brought  the  body 
to  Perry,  who  shaved  off  her  hair  and 
otherwise  so  disfigured  her  that  she 
was  not  recognizable. 

**••: 


ALBERT  HAWKINS. 


As  cold  blooded  and  diabolical 
crime  as  ever  committed,  was  done  by 
the  above  named  fiend.  A  sick  white 
woman  who  lived  with  a  colored  friend 
of  his,  was  the  victim.  Whilst  she 
was  alone,  he  in  company  with  John 
T.  Ross,  entered  her  room,  and  while 
one  hit  her  on  the  head  the  other 
clubbed  her  into  insensibility.  They 
then  pounded  her  chest  with  their 
heels  until  life  was  extinct.  This 
crime  was  committed  for  $15,  which 
was  offered  by  the  colored  janitor  of 
the  Baltimore  University. 


JOHN  T.  Ross. 


This  rascal,  in  company  with  Albert 
Hawkins,  brutally  murdered  an  old 
woman.  Emily  Brown,  aged  55  years, 
whose  dire  necessity  compelled  her  to 
live  with  a  colored  woman  in  Pig 
Alley,  Baltimore.  Whilst  the  colored 
woman  was  away,  they  entered  the 
white  woman's  room,  struck  her  on  the 
head  with  a  brick  and  then  clubbed 
her  to  death.  They  then  packed  her 
body  in  a  sack  and  took  it  to  the 
janitor  of  the  Baltimore  University, 
receiving  $15  for  same. 


MRS.  UNRUH. 


ANDERSON  PERRY. 


ALBERT  HAWKINS.  JOHN  T.  Ross. 

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WILLIAM  AGNEW 


BlLLY  HAYS,  alias  GORMAN. 


Of  all  the  cold  blooded  villians, 
this  is  one  of  the  worst.  Wm.  Agnew 
lived  in  Palyra,  N.  Y.  He  went  home 
with  his  wife  one  night  from  a  ball,  and 
after  some  angi-y  words,  picked  up  a 
rocking  chair  and  dealt  her  several 
blows  on  the  head,  crushing  in  her 
skull.  He  then  carried  her  up-stairs 
to  bed  and  she  died  that  night.  He 
slept  in  the  same  room  with  the 
murdered  woman  and  remained  about 
the  house  for  several  days  until  the 
body  was  discovered. 


Billy  Hays  is  charged  with  the 
murder  of  John  Watts,  in  Chicago,  in 
1887.  His  age  is  23  years,  stands 
5  ft.  4!  in.  high,  rather  stout  built, 
black  hair  and  fair  complexion.  He 
is  an  old  criminal,  and  was  sentenced 
in  1883  from  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for 
assault  with  intent  to  kill,  and  served 
3$  years  in  the  Columbus  Penitentiary 
for  that  crime.  Was  sent  to  Joliet 
Penitentiary  in  1881  for  burglary,  and 
served  one  year.  He  is  a  general 
thief  and  burglar. 


FlLLIPE  GcUESTONI. 


On  the  morning  of  June  n,  1888, 
several  pistol  shots  were  heard  in  the 
apartments  of  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Mari  in 
New  York.  It  appeared  that  Fillipe 
Guestoni,  who  had  formerly  been  a 
partner  of  Mari,  had  become  infatuated 
with  Mrs.  Mari  and  was  violently 
jealous  of  her  husband,  whom  he 
wished  her  to  abandon.  He  had  had 
many  violent  scenes  with  her  and  had 
been  warned  by  the  husband  to  cease 
his  visits.  On  the  above  morning,  he 
broke  into  her  apartments  while  she 
lay  in  bed,  shot  her  three  times  and 
then  sent  a  bullet  crashing  into  his 
own  brain. 


GEORGE  W.  DUYAL 


This  colored  man  is  a  noted  gambler 
and  card  sharp,  and  is  well  known  in 
most  of  the  towns  South  and  West. 
He  was  recently  charged  with  murder 
committed  in  Philadelphia,  caused  by 
a  quarrel  over  a  game  of  cards.  He 
is  about  40  years  of  age,  5  ft.  8  in. 
high,  and  weighs  about  135  to  140  Ibs. 
Dresses  well,  and  has  a  peculiar  habit 
of  walking  with  his  toes  slightly 
turned  in. 


WILLIAM  AGNEW. 


BILLY  HAYS,  alias  GORMAN. 


FlLLIPE  GUESTONI. 


GEORGE  W.  DUYAL. 


KATIE  JUDD. 


QEORGE  ADAMS. 


This  female  is  known  as  a  cronic 
thief  and  fire-bug.  Her  mode  of 
operation  is  to  engage  herself  as  a 
domestic,  watch  her  opportunity  to 
rob  her  employer,  and  to  conceal  her 
crime  set  fire  to  the  house.  She  was 
confined  in  the  Newport,  R.  I.  Jail  for 
one  of  these  offences,  and  escaped  by 
digging  a  hole  in  her  cell  with  the 
leg  of  her  iron  bedstead,  which  she 
wrenched  off,  and  crawled  through  the 
hole,  and  in  order  to  do  so,  must  have 
stripped  herself  naked.  She  escaped 
and  assisted  a  burglar  named  Rounds 
to  also  escape,  she  having  secured  the 
key  of  his  cell  from  the  jailor's  room. 

** 


George  Adams  is  a  notorious  swin- 
dler and  confidence  man,  and  has 
served  several  terms  in  prison  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  country.  He  is  about 
43  years  of  age,  and  generally  resides 
when  at  large  in  New  York  City.  He 
usually  operates  on  the  river  boats 
and  on  railroad  trains,  and  singles 
out  some  unsophisticated  countryman. 
His  latest  operation  for  which  he  was 
arrested,  consisted  in  stealing  about 
$7,000  from  an  Orange  County  farmer, 
in  the  Broad  Street  Depot  of  the 
Philadelphia  Railroad. 


JOE  DORAN. 


AUGUST  GREGORY. 


Joe  Doran  was  sentenced  to  a  term 
of  sixty  years  in  the  Penitentiary,  for 
murdering  his  father-in-law,  at  a  place 
called  Lamar.  Owing  to  the  man's 
laziness  and  refusal  to  support  his 
wife  and  two  children,  she  left  him 
and  went  to  live  with  her  father. 
The  husband  being  denied  the  privi- 
lege of  even  seeing  the  children, 
became  angry,  purchased  a  revolver, 
and  deliberately  shot  down  the  father 
of  his  wife.  He  was  tried  and  sub- 
sequently received  the  above  sentence. 


A  clever  sneak  thief  is  this  one. 
His  plan  was  to  rob  rooms  in  hotels 
and  apartment  houses,  and  his  thefts 
were  accomplished  by  crawling  through 
the  transoms  of  the  doors  of  the 
hotels  and  apartments,  secure  what 
plunder  he  could  and  make  way  with 
it.  His  thefts  run  up  into  the 
thousands,  and  his  work  was  done  so 
cleverly  that  it  was  a  long  time  before 
he  was  captured.  His  field  of  opera- 
tions were  confined  principally  to 
New  York  and  Brooklyn. 


KATIE  JUDD. 


GEORGE  ADAMS. 


JOE  DOR  AN. 


AUGUST  GREGORY. 


Doc  ELLIOT. 


CAPT.  UNGER 


The  man  with  the  dinner  pail,  as 
he  was  sometimes  called.  His  modus 
operand!  was  to  dress  as  a  mechanic 
and  carry  a  dinner  pail,  call  at  different 
grocers  and  merchants  and  generally 
make  small  purchases,  and  give  in 
payment  a  check,  supposed  to  be 
drawn  by  some  manufacturing  house. 
He  would  explain  that  the  check, 
always  small,  was  for  his  weeks'  wages. 
He  then  would  make  a  small  purchase 
and  receive  balance  in  cash.  In  this 
way,  he  swindled  scores  of  small 
trades  people. 


This  individual  was  sentenced  to 
Sing  Sing  Prison  for  life,  for  the 
murder  of  his  partner  and  room  mate, 
August  Bohde.  He  killed  him,  cut 
him  up  and  sent  him  away  in  a  trunk. 
This  was  done  in  order  to  obtain 
possession  of  money  his  partner  had. 
This  miserable  wretch  became  insane 
after  going  to  prison.  He  imagined 
his  dismembered  victim  visited  him 
and  prepared  to  put  himself  together 
in  his  presence,  and  he  had  to  be 
finally  removed  to  the  State  Asylum 
for  lunatic  criminals. 


BARCLAY  PEAKES. 


A  young  and  beautiful  girl  was  shot 
in  the  head  by  an  assassin,  within  a 
short  distance  of  Mount  Holly,  N.  J., 
in  the  spring  of  1887.  The  girl's 
name  was  Mary  C.  Anderson,  who 
was  living  with  a  relative  on  a  farm 
at  Newbold's  Corner.  She  and  Barclay 
Peakes  were  very  much  together,  and 
on  the  evening  of  the  crime  she  left 
her  house  to  meet  Peakes.  She  was 
afterwards  found  by  the  roadside  and 
Peakes1  revolver  by  her  side.  Cause, 
jealousy. 


JAMES  M.  PICKETT. 


Jim  Pickett  was  the  most  notorious 
and  dangerous  gambler  and  robber  in 
Maryland  and  Southern  Pennsylvania, 
and  he  gained  considerable  notoriety 
by  his  supposed  connection  with  the 
Charley  Ross  mystery.  He  had  served 
terms  in  prison  and  law  abiding  citizens 
were  in  constant  fear  of  him.  He  at 
last  met  his  just  deserts  at  the  hands 
of  Thomas  Brown,  whom  he  had 
drugged  and  robbed  on  his  ranch  at 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  sometime  before. 
Brown  sent  a  bullet  crashing  through 
his  brain  in  a  saloon  in  Hagerstown, 
where  he  met  him. 


Doc  ELLIOT. 


CAPT.  UNGER. 


BARCLAY  PEAKES. 


JAMES  M.  PICKETT. 


THOMAS  RILEY. 


Gus  RAYMOND. 


At  an  early  hour  on  Sunday,  Dec.  12, 
1886,  Robert  Coleman  was  murdered 
by  Thomas  Riley,  at  Greensburg,  Pa. 
Riley  worked  in  the  Crab  Tree  Mines, 
where  Coleman  had  been  previously 
employed  as  a  Deputy  Sheriff,  and 
against  whom  Riley  had  taken  a  great 
dislike.  On  their  exit  from  a  restau- 
rant, where  they  had  been  together, 
apparently  as  friends,  Riley  struck 
Coleman  on  the  head  with  some  blunt 
instrument,  killing  him  instantly. 
He  was  immediately  arrested. 


This  is  one  of  the  flyest  professional 
crooks  in  the  country  and  probably  in 
the  world.  He  is  known  all  over 
this  country  and  is  wanted  in  many 
States  for  many  crimes.  He  is  now 
sojourning  in  the  State  Prison  at 
Trenton,  N.  J.,  having  been  captured 
while  committing  a  burglary  on  the 
German  Steamship  "Aller."  His 
engagement  at  Trenton  is  for  three 
years. 


WILLIAM  VICE. 


DAVID  HUFFMAN. 


David  Huffman  was  known  in  the 
far  West  as  a  desperate  robber  and 
train  wrecker,  and  was  hanged  for 
wrecking  a  train  at  Dunbar,  Nebraska. 
He  had  for  his  pal  and  accomplice  a 
man  named  James  Bell,  who  turned 
states  evidence  and  escaped  with  ten 
years  imprisonment.  The  engineer  of 
the  train  was  killed,  several  individuals 
injured,  and  the  train  itself  a  terrible 
wreck 


No  more  proper  name  could  have 
been  given  to  this  wicked  young  fiend, 
who  was  convicted  and  sentenced  to 
five  years  to  the  Penitentiary,  Michigan 
City,  Ind.  This  young  man  belonged 
to  a  desperate  gang  of  robbers  and 
train  wreckers,  and  their  depredations 
in  the  West  and  North-west  were 
numerous.  They  were  in  the  habit 
of  placing  obstacles  on  the  track  in  a 
lonely  spot,  thereby  throwing  the 
train  from  the  track,  and  in  the 
confusion  and  excitement  consequent 
to  the  wreckage,  would  rob  the 
passengers  and  mail.  The  crime  for 
which  he  was  convicted  with  several 
pals,  was  for  wrecking  a  train  at 
Windfall,  Ind. 

** 


THOMAS  RILEY. 


Gus  RAYMOND. 


DAVID  HUFFMAN. 


WILLIAM  VICE. 


JOHN  IRVING. 


STEPHEN  RAYMOND. 


One  of  the  most  notorious  crooks 
and  criminals  known  to  the  police  of 
New  York  City  and  elsewhere,  was 
John  Irving.  Most  of  the  large  bank 
robberies  perpetrated  within  the  past 
fifteen  years,  he  had  a  hand  in.  His 
associates  were  such  men  as  John 
Walsh,  Harry  and  John  Hope,  Wm. 
Vosburgh,  and  others.  He  and  John 
Walsh  were  killed  while  engaged  in  a 
general  fighi  with  pistols,  in  a  notori- 
ous saloon  on  6th  Avenue,  New  York, 
and  some  of  the  above  mentioned, 
men,  together  with  Billy  Porter,  was 
engaged  in  the  melee. 


Stephen  Raymond  is  what  may  be 
called  a  versatile  thief  and  has  been 
several  times  arrested.  He  is  an 
expert  and  his  gentlemanly  appearance 
helps  him  considerably,  and  he  does 
not  look  at  all  like  the  rogue  his 
record  proves  him  to  be.  He  is  a 
native  of  the  United  States,  is  aged 
about  50  years,  and  weighs  about  Tjo 
Ibs.  He  is  also  known  by  the  name 
of  Marshall,  and  it  is  a  great  relief  to 
the  police  whenever  they  know  this 
cunning  rogue  is  in  limbo. 


NED  FARRELL. 


SDWARD  HOYEY. 


Edward  Hovey  was  hanged  in  New 
York  City  on  October  igth,  1883,  for 
the  murder  of  his  sister-in-law.  The 
murder  was  unprovoked  and  he  de- 
served his  doom.  He  called  at  his 
sister-in-law's  house  and  after  quarrel- 
ing with  her,  shot  her  down  in  cold 
blood.  He  was  so  completely  broken 
down  before  his  execution,  that  he 
had  to  be  dosed  with  whiskey,  while 
a  morphine  injection  was  also  given 
him. 


On  July  28th,  1883,  one  of  the  most 
daring  high  way  robberies  was  attempt- 
ed on  Cashier  Smith  of  the  Orange  Nat- 
ional Bank,  Orange,  N.  J.  Smith  had 
been  in  the  habit  of  bringing  from 
New  Ycrk  in  a  satchel  large  amounts 
of  money.  On  that  day  he  had  in  his 
satchel  $10,000  ;  he  had  been  followed 
by  three  men  in  a  wagon,  who  drove 
the  wagon  aside  of  the  train,  into 
which  the  Cashier  had  entered. 
Suddenly  Mr.  Smith  was  struck  on  the 
head  with  a  piece  of  lead,  which  did 
not  stun  him.  Reali/.ing  his  position, 
he  yelled  murder,  and  for  a  few  min- 
utes 25  people  in  the  car  were  held  at 
bay  by  Ned  Farrell  and  John  Nugent, 
two  desperate  thieves. 


JOHN  IRVING. 


STEPHEN  RAYMOND. 


EDWARD  HOVEY. 


NED  FARRSKL. 


CHARLES  PARKER. 


JOHN  L.OVE. 


Parker  is  the  most  notorious  high- 
wayman and  desperate  robber,  infest- 
ing the  district  between  Cheyenne  and 
Deadwood  in  Colorado.  He  is  wiry 
and  compactly  built,  and  is  about  25 
years  of  age.  He  has  spent  a  large 
portion  of  his  life  in  the  saddle.  He 
owns  a  ranch  in  Nebraska,  and  from 
there  would  start  out  on  his  expedi- 
tions. One  of  his  principal  exploits 
was  robbing  a  government  paymaster 
of  $7,400.  He  is  a  man  of  iron  nerve, 
and  before  his  advent  in  Colorado, 
made  Texas  and  Idaho  his  grounds  of 
operations. 


Another  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  daring  cracksmen,  is  the  above 
named  individual.  His  latest,  was 
the  robbing  of  the  Italian  Bank,  at 
No.  4  Centre  Street,  N.  Y.  It  was 
considered  a  most  mysterious  affair, 
and  one  likely  to  baffle  the  authorities 
altogether.  The  best  detectives  were 
put  on  the  case  and  they  succeeded  in 
locating  the  perpetrators.  John  Love 
was  the  ringleader,  assisted  by  Sheeny 
Mike  and  John  Logan,  and  he  was 
captured  only  after  a  desperate  fight. 
His  associates  were  also  captured. 

«* — 


JOHN  NUGENT. 


PETER  EMERSON. 


The  most  daring  and  celebrated 
bank  robbery,  was  that  of  the  Man- 
hattan Savings  Bank  in  New  York, 
when  millions  of  securities  were  stolen. 
Associated  with  the  thieves,  who  were 
John  Hope,  Billy  Porter  and  John 
Irving,  was  John  Nugent,  who  was 
then  the  policeman  on  the  beat,  and 
who  joined  the  gang  and  became  their 
accomplice  in  this  daring  robbery. 
He  received  a  sentence  for  this  crime 
and  after  his'  release,  was  apprehended 
in  a  most  daring  highway  robbery  in 
Hoboken,  on  Cashier  Smith  of  the 
Orange  National  Bank. 


Peter  Emerson,  also  called  Banjo 
Pete,  is  a  most  daring  burglar  and 
highway  robber,  and  consorted  with 
the  most  desperate  of  his  class,  who 
always  sought  his  aid.  His  last  ex- 
ploit was  his  attempt  in  connection 
'  with  John  Nugent  and  Ned  Farrell, 
of  the  robbery  of  Cashier  Smith  of 
Orange,  on  board  of  a  train  in 
Hoboken,  N.  J.  While  Farrell  and 
Nugent  attacked  Smith  in  the  car, 
Emerson  set  in  a  wagon  along  side  of 
the  train,  and  when  they  had  to  fly, 
Emerson  with  revolver  in  one  hand 
and  reins  in  the  other,  attempted  to 
drive  his  way  through  the  crowd  that 
had  collected. 


CHARLES  PARKER. 


JOHN  LOVE. 


JOHN  NUGENT. 


PETER  EMERSON. 


GEORGE  BENSON. 


This  prince  of  swindlers  and  con- 
fidence man  was  born  in  Alsace, 
although  he  claimed  to  be  English. 
He  was  43  years  of  age  when  his 
career  was  brought  to  an  end  by  his 
committing  suicide  in  the  Tombs, 
New  York  City.  Benson  conversed 
fluently  in  a  half  dozen  languages,  and 
started  out  early  in  life  as  an  adventurer 
and  swindler.  He  visited  most  of  the 
principal  cities  in  Europe,  and  per- 
petrated his  swindling  operations  in 
all.  His  last  crime  consisted  in 
swindling 'the  people  of  the  City  of 
Mexico,  by  pretending  to  be  the  agent 
for  the  Patti  Opera  Co.,  for  which 
crime  he  was  arrested. 


MRS.  SARAH  RHODES. 


This  remarkable  woman,  who  sports 
a  moustache,  is  accused  of  murdering 
Farmer  Blizzard,  a  married  man,  and 
who  seemed  to  be  infatuated  with  this 
woman.  He  called  upon  her  at 
Greenville,  Va.,  where  she  resided,  on 
the  evening  of  January  28th,  and  took 
her  a  riding  in  his  buggy.  At  a  lonely 
spot  and  while  crossing  a  bridge,  the 
woman  first  shot  the  farmer  and  then 
hacked  his  body  with  an  axe.  She 
then  dragged  him  from  the  wagon  and 
threw  his  body  over  the  bridge  to  the 
river  below. 


TOM  WEAVER, 


ANDY  LEAVITT,  JR. 


On  the  night  of  October  25th,  1886, 
the  safe  of  the  Adams  Express  Co., 
on  the  San  Francisco  and  St.  Louis 
Road,  was  robbed  of  about  $60,000, 
in  a  most  mysterious  manner,  and  for 
a  time  no  clue  could  be  found  to  the 
perpetrators  of  the  robbery.  Through 
a  mysterious  letter  signed  by  Jim 
Cummings,  intending  to  throw  the 
detectives  off  the  track,  the  thieves 
were  finally  found  and  arrested. 
The  gang  consisted  of  Tom  Weaver, 
assisted  by  Frederick  Witrock,  W.  W. 
Haight  and  Edward  Kinney.  Weaver 
kept  a  laundry  in  Chicago,  and  when 
arrested  a  large  amount  of  money  was 
found  in  a  stone  jar  concealed  in  his 
cellar. 


This  man,  leader  of  a  gang  of 
confidence  men,  had  been  operating 
successfully  for  years,  is  now  serving 
a  term  in  the  Penitentiary  on  Black- 
wells  Island.  He  had  as  confederates 
a  man  and  woman,  and  his  dupes  or 
victims  were  principally  young  men 
from  the  country,  who  were  drawn  by 
his  advertisements,  offering  good  posi- 
tions in  bogus  theatrical  companies, 
on  a  small  investment.  The  dupe  paid 
his  money  which  he  never  saw  again. 
Neither  did  he  see  the  theatrical 
position. 


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GEORGE  BENSON. 


MRS.  SARAH  RHODES. 


TOM  WEAVER. 


ANDY  L.EAYITT,  JR. 


THOMAS  G.  WOOLFOLK. 


JAMES  H.  JACOBS. 


On  the  night  of  nth  of  December, 
1886,  Jacobs  stabbed  Elmer  E.  Quigley 
in  the  stomach  with  a  butcher  knife. 
The  affair  occurred  near  Jacobs  house, 
at  Lancaster,  Pa.  Jacobs  was  abusing 
his  children,  who  were  outside  the 
house.  Quigley  came  along  and  re- 
monstrated with  Jacobs  for  abusing 
his  children,  who  were  crying.  After 
some  words,  Jacobs  went  into  the 
house,  got  a  knife,  came  out  and 
plunged  it  into  Quigley,  killing  him. 


A  butchery,  the  details  of  which 
could  not  be  more  revolting,  than  the 
one  committed  by  this  man.  Between 
midnight  and  daybreak  of  a  certain 
night,  he  murdered  nine  persons  in 
one  household,  that  of  his  father,  on 
the  Culloden  Road,  near  Macon,  Ga. 
Thos.  G.  Woolfolk  was  aged  about 
27  years,  and  was  the  oldest  son  by  a 
former  wife,  and  his  victims  were  his 
father,  stepmother,  four  sisters,  two 
brothers  and  a  lady  visitor.  The 
cause  of  the  crime  is  supposed  to  be 
jealousy. 


LORD  COURTNEY. 


The  correct  name  of  this  individual 
is  John  Reginald  Talbot,  and  he  is 
known  as  a  confidence  man  and 
imposter.  He  was  born  in  England, 
and  is  supposed  to  be  the  son  of  a 
lodge-keeper  for  some  titled  person 
there.  Through  this  connection,  he 
become  acquainted  with  a  good  deal 
of  the  history  of  titled  people.  Coming 
to  this  country,  he  introduced  himself 
as  a  Lord  Courtney,  and  ingratiated 
himself  into  society  and  borrowed  all 
the  money  he  could,  awaiting  supposed 
remittances  which  never  came.  When 
he  had  squeezed  his  dupes  dry,  he 
would  leave  for  other  fields. 


W.  J.   OSBORNE. 


W.  J.  Osborne  was  a  forger,  and 
his  mode  of  operations  was  to  pass 
checks  on  unsuspectingparties,  making 
slight  purchases  from  them  and  always 
giving  checks  for  large  amounts.  He 
hails  from  Boston,  where  he  had 
committed  several  forgeries,  and  was 
ultimately  arrested  in  Chicago,  for 
forging  a  check  for  $1,000.  On  his 
person  was  found  several  other  forged 
checks  and  pawn  tickets  for  a  large 
amount,  the  same  being  for  goods 
which  he  had  purchased  with  his 
bogus  checks. 


JAMES  H.  JACOBS. 


THOMAS  G.  WOOLFOLK. 


LORD  COURTNEY. 


W.  J.  OSBORNE. 


JAMES  FITZGERALD. 


This  person  is  known  as  a  bunco 
man,  and  is  known  by  the  fraternity 
as  Fitz  the  Kid.  He  is  about  25  years 
of  age  and  dresses  in  genteel  fashion. 
He  is  a  good  conversationalist  and  one 
of  the  most  successful  me'n  in  the 
business.  He  was  born  near  Chicago, 
but  matters  becoming  too  warm  for 
him  there,  he  came  to  New  York 
where  he  plied  his  trade  and  took 
Jay  Gould  in  for  $4,000.  He  then 
went  to  Boston  and  succeeded  in 
beating  Charles  Francis  Adams,  in 
connection  with  J.  S.  Morrison,  John 
F.  Norton  and  Harry  Stevens,  all 
bunco  men. 


ANTONIO  CORTEZ. 


Twenty  first-class  New  York  City 
dry  goods  firms  had  been  taken  in  for 
large  amounts,  during  a  period  of 
three  months  in  1882,  by  selling  goods 
to  a  man  who  went  under  various 
names,  and  whose  operations  were 
to  pay  in  worthless  checks,  for  large 
sums,  receiving  change  in  cash.  When 
captured,  he  was  recognized  as  having 
answered  to  several  high  sounding 
names,  and  who  had  previously  been 
in  prison  for  robbery  and  forgery. 


AH  BEN. 


SADIE  HILL. 


Ah  Ben,  a  Chinese  thief  and  desper- 
ado, was  hung  in  Marysville,  Cal., 
on  March  I4th,  1879.  A  man  by  the 
name  of  John  McDaniels,  kept  a  race 
track  arid  resort  about  a  mile  from 
Marysville,  where  he  had  arranged  to 
have  a  series  of  races  &c.  on  the  day 
preceding  the  murder.  Ah  Ben  know- 
ing his  till  would  be  full  of  coin, 
entered  the  bar  room  about  three 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  his  noise 
aroused  McDaniels,  who  grappled  with 
the  intruder,  and  in  the  struggle  he 
received  a  fatal  wound  from  a  chisel 
in  the  hands  of  the  chinaman. 


P.  W.  Jenks,  a  police  sergeant  of 
St.  Louis,  was  killed  by  this  colored 
woman,  under  peculiar  circumstances. 
While  standing  on  the  street,  he  was 
approached  by  a  negress,  who  pointing 
to  Sadie  Hill,  said,  that  woman  has  a 
pistol  and  she  is  going  to  a  certain 
place  to  kill  some  one.  Jenks  followed 
the  woman  quietly,  but  without  attract- 
ing her  attention,  and  was  about  to 
grasp  the  woman  and  disarm  her, 
when  she  drew  a  pistol,  wheeled  about 
and  shot  him  fatally,  and  he  died  in  a 
few  minutes. 


JAMES  FITZGERALD. 


ANTONIO  CORTEZ. 


AH  BEN. 


SADIE  HILL. 


YAN  B.  BAKER. 


JAMES  H.  TAGGERT. 


James  N.  Taggert  embezzled  the 
neat  little  sum  of  $30,000  from  a 
Philadelphia  concern,  dealing  in  stocks 
&c.  Taggert  was  connected  with  the 
concern,  and  through  the  confidence 
placed  in  him,  was  enabled  to  get 
away  with  the  above  sum.  He  is 
about  5  ft.  ioin.,  and  weighs  about 
175  lbs<  He  is  well  educated,  and 
was  a  pleasant  and  pleasing  social 
fellow. 


Mrs.  McWha.  and  her  daughter, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Baker,  lived  at  Holliday 
Cove,  W.  Va.  At  about  half-past 
three  on  a  Monday  afternoon,  two 
female  friends  called  upon  them. 
They  rang  the  door-bell  ;  it  not  being 
answered,  one  of  the  women  went 
around  to  the  back  door  and  pushed 
it  in,  but  it  was  immediately  slammed 
in  her  face  and  bolted.  The  blinds 
were  all  down.  The  next  day,  not 
receiving  any  replies  to  repeated  calls 
at  the  house,  it  was  broken  into  and 
the  two  women  «vere  found  murdered. 
They  had  been  stabbed,  then  washed 
and  put  to  bed  in  their  night  clothes. 
Trunks  were  broken  open  and  rifled. 
Baker  was  arrested  for  the  crime. 


RUFUS  MINER. 


This  man,  sometimes  called  Little 
Rufe,  is  one  of  the  most  notorious  bank 
robbers  in  this  or  any  other  country, 
and  has  participated  in  most  all  the 
prominent  ones  in  this  country,  and 
most  all  the  notable  ones  perpetrated 
in  New  York  about  1875  to  1878. 
He  always  worked  in  connection  with 
others  as  proficient  as  himself.  One 
of  his  principle  pals  being  John  Reily, 
alias  George  Carson.  About  Jan.  I, 
1879,  they  abstracted  from  a  brokers 
office  the  neat  sum  of  $470.000  in 
Railroad,  City,  and  Government  bonds. 


CLIFFORD  DALE. 


The  alias  of  this  man  is  W.  K. 
Clifford.  He  was  arrested  in  Chicago, 
Ills.,  for  disposing  of  four  stolen 
horses  and  a  buggy.  When  his  room 
was  searched  it  was  discovered  he  was 
also  a  forger.  A  curious  haul  was 
made.  Blank  checks,  bonds  and  cer- 
tificates without  number  in  all  parts 
of  the  country,  erasing  acids,  drawing 
pencils,  false  whiskers  and  moustaches, 
in  fact  all  the  paraphernalia  for  a 
first-class  forger. 


JAMES  N.  TAQGERT. 


VAN  B.  BAKER. 


RUFUS  MINER. 


CLIFFORD  DALE. 


FREDERICK  WITROCK. 


Frederick  Witrork  is  one  of  the 
notorious  train  robbers  who  robbed  the 
safe  of  the  Adams  Express  Co.,  on  the 
St.  Louis  &  San  Francisco  road,  on 
the  night  of  Oct.  2oth,  1887.  The 
gang  with  which  he  was  connected  in 
the  robbing  consisted  of  Tom  Weaver, 
W.  W.  Haight,  formerly  an  employee 
of  the  Express  Co.,  Edward  Kinney, 
a  brotlier-in-law  of  Wit  rock  and  Os- 
car Cook.  Each  man  was  assigned  to 
do  a  certain  part  of  the  work.  Wit- 
rock  did  the  actual  robbery  of  the  safe, 
whereby  a  haul  of  $60,000  was  made. 
Witrock  was  supposed  before  the 
robbery  to  be  running  a  coal  yard  in 
Chicago. 


W.  W.  HAIGHT. 
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W.  W.  Haight  was  associated  with 
Frederick  Witrock  and  Oscar  Cook  in 
one  of  the  largest  robberies  on  the  St. 
Louis  &  San  Francisco  road,  whereby 
$60,000  in  cash  was  stolen.  II. -tight 
was  formerly  an  employee  of  the  rail- 
road, and  was  discharged  about  nine 
months  before  the  robbery  on  account 
of  being  suspected  of  the  theft  of  pack- 
ages from  the  road.  He  had  been  a 
messenger  on  the  road  from  St.  Louis 
to  Virita,  and  on  account  of  his  inti- 
mate knowledge  of  the  running  of  the 
road,  etc.,  was  taken  into  the  enter- 
prise. He  had  been  very  poor,  but 
immediately  after  the  robbery  showed 
large  sums  of  money.  His  detection 
soon  after  followed. 


CHARLES  HAYERMYER. 


Charles  Havermyer,  one  of  the  most 
dating  and  accomplished  forgers  in  the 
country,  is  also  known  as  Charles 
Landers,  and  has  in  addition  as  many 
names  as  there  are  letters  in  the 
alphabet.  His  particular  lay  was  in 
victimizing  jewelry  firms,  and  he  has 
succeeded  in  securing  many  thousands 
of  dollars.  He  is  well  known  in  the 
Southern  country,  and  at  one  time 
escaped  from  the  Stillwater,  Minn, 
prison,  where  he  was  serving  a  twenty- 
four  years  sentence. 


AUGUSTUS  JOHNSON. 


Augustus  Johnson,  who  was  convic- 
ted of  arson  and  sentenced  to  fourteen 
years  imprisonment.  The  crime  was 
committed  in  Williamsburg,  L.  I. 
He,  in  connection  with  his  brother, 
Townsend  Johnson,  sel  fire  to  the 
large  cooperage  establishment  of 
Lowell  M.  Palmer,  causing  a  loss  of 
over  $400,000.  The  charred  remains 
of  the  watchman  was  found  in  the 
ruins,  but  it  appeared  that  he  was  not 
in  the  building  when  it  was  set  on  fire. 
If  so.  they  would  have  been  convicted 
of  murder. 


. 


FREDERICK  WITROCK. 


W.  W.  HAIQHT. 


CHARLES  HAYERMYER. 


AUGUSTUS  JOHNSON. 


Mrs.  MARIA  LA  TOUCHE. 


WALTER  L.  MAITLAND. 


Mrs.  La  Touche  is  an  old  offender. 
She  is  a  swindler  of  the  most  refined 
type,  confining  her  operations  to  her 
own  sex.  Her  mode  of  operations 
was  to  fit  up  a  handsome  office  and 
claim  to  be  a  female  stock  broker. 
She  would  advertise  for  a  female  clerk 
with  some  means.  She  would  then 
induce  the  applicant  to  deposit 
whatever  money  she  had  as  security, 
and  agree  to  pay  a  certain  sum  per 
week  as  salary.  As  a  rule,  the  deluded 
clerk  would  never  see  salary  or  deposit 
money  again.  She  has  been  often 
arrested  in  New  York  and  Boston. 


Walter  L.  Maitland,  alias  Williams, 
is  a  safe  burglar,  aged  29  years.  He 
stands  5  ft.  11 J  in.  high,  weighs  140 
Ibs.  Has  lady  and  flag- in  india  ink 
on  right  arm,  and  ballet  girl  in  india 
ink  on  left  arm.  He  is  a  machinist 
by  trade.  He  was  sentenced  to  the 
jail  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  fora  term  of 
3  years,  but  he  escaped  in  a  daring 
manner  by  digging  through  the  roof 
of  his  ceil,  lowering  himself  by  a  rope 
sixty  feet  to  the  ground  and  went  to 
Boston,  where  lie  had  left  a  portion  of 
his  burglar  tools  in  a  saloon.  He  was 
rearrested  there. 


EDWARD  WHEELER. 


WILLIAM  J.  DOUGLAS. 


William  J.  Douglas,  alias  Douglas 
Caines,  is  a  sneak  thief.  His  age  is 
28  years,  born  in  Boston,  slim  build, 
height  5  ft.  7^  in.,  and  weighs  150 Ibs. 
His  last  arrest  was  in  Lowell,  Mass., 
in  August,  1888.  His  pockets  were 
loaded  with  pawn  tickets,  calling  for 
scarf  pins,  silk  umbrellas,  opera 
glasses,  and  numerous  other  articles, 
all  of  which  had  been  stolen  in  Lowell. 


Edward  Wheeler  is  a  horse  thief. 
He  makes  it  a  point  to  watch  for 
horses  or  teams  which  are  left  standing 
in  the  streets,  and  when  the  oppor- 
tunity presents  itself,  jump  into  the 
wagon  or  carriage  and  drive  off,  and 
sell  same  for  any  price  he  can  get. 
He  is  an  old  hand  at  the  business. 
He  is  31  years  old,  6  ft.  I  in.  high,  and 
is  a  painter  by  trade.  He  is  now 
wanted  for  stealing  a  team  and  wagon 
belonging  to  a  Doctor  in  Lawrence, 
Mass. 


Mrs.  MARIA  LATOUCHE. 


WALTER  L.  MAITLAND. 


WILLIAM  J.  DOUGLAS. 


EDWARD  WHEELER. 


THOMAS  BROOKS. 


Thomas  A.  Brooks  is  an  expert 
English  cracksman.  His  age  is  55 
years,  5  ft.  9  in.  high,  weighs  145  Ibs. 
He  has  been  many  times  arrested. 
His  last  took  place  in  Boston,  in 
August,  1888.  On  his  person  was 
found  a  watch,  stolen  from  a  contractor 
of  Quincy,  M'ass.,  at  the  Old  Colony 
Depot,  a  short  time  before.  Brooks 
had  been  working  Boston  in  connection 
with  a  woman,  calling  herself  his 
•sister.  Immediately  after  his  arrest 
this  woman  moved  from  his  room  a 
store  of  swag,  which  the  police  cannot 
find. 


THOMAS  A.  REESE. 


In  May,  1888,  Thomas  A.  Reese 
shot  and  nearly  killed  his  wife  in 
Kokoma,  Ind.  He  also  shot  and 
killed  a  man  by  the  name  of  Charles 
Marx.  He  had  only  been  married 
three  weeks  when  the  tragedy  occurred. 
One  afternoon  he  saw  Marx  meet  his 
wife  on  the  street,  and  accompany  her 
to  a  spot  just  West  of  the  City,  where 
he  had  followed  them,  and  unseen, 
watched,  and  at  length  fired  upon 
them.  Two  shots  struck  the  woman, 
wounding  her,  while  Marx  was  killed. 


CLEMENT  ARTHUR  DAY. 


JOHN  J.  DELANEY. 


Clement  Arthur  Day,  who  murdered 
Josie  Rosa  on  the  morning  of  June 
gth,  1887,  was  hanged  at  Utica,  reb'y 
gth,  1888.  Day  killed  the  woman, 
who  was  living  with  him,  by  stabbing 
her  twelve  or  fifteen  times,  because 
she  was  going  to  leave  him  and  go 
home  to  her  sick  mother.  He  felt  no 
concern  on  account  of  his  crime  on  the 
morning  of  his  execution,  ate  a  hearty 
meal,  then  sang  several  songs,  danced 
a  jig,  &c.  He  twanged  a  guitar, 
laughed  and  joked,  and  altogether 
entertained  his  keepers,  and  at  the 
gallows  even  assisted  in  putting  the 
noose  around  his  neck. 


John  J.  Delaney  is  only  17  years  of 
age  and  is  a  self-confessed  murderer. 
On  June  3d,  1887,  Mary  Jane  Cox  was 
found  dead  in  the  kitchen  of  the  house 
where  she  worked  in  Brooklyn,  and  in 
the  pocket  of  her  dress  was  found  a 
bottle  one-third  filled  with  a  prepara- 
tion of  arsenic.  Delaney  afterwards 
confessed  that  he  had  purchased  the 
poison  and  given  it  to  Mary,  with  the 
intention  of  getting  rid  of  her,  and 
telling  her  it  was  a  harmless  prepara- 
tion which  would  do  her  good. 


THOMAS  BROOKS. 


THOMAS  A.  REESE. 


CLEMENT  ARTHUR  DAY. 


JOHN  J.  DELANEY. 


EDWARD  SIMMONS. 


CLARA  KING. 


Edward  Simmons,  alias  Adams,  is  a 
burglar.  Hft  is  a  butcher  by  trade. 
His  height  is  5  ft-  ')  'n-.  weighs  145 
Ibs.,  and  of  slim  build.  His  age  is 
35  years.  He  is  a  desperate  man  and 
has  committed  many  depredations. 
His  latest  arrest  was  in  August,  1888, 
in  New  Loin  km.  Conn.,  for  burglary, 
in  connection  with  Edward  Simmons. 
who  was  also  arrested.  They  had 
made  quite  a  raid  on  this  small  town, 
and  broken  into  several  residences, 
but  were  finally  jugged. 


A  series  of  burglaries  were  commit- 
ted at  a  place  called  Fort  Branch,  Ind. 
The  Sheriff  and  his  assistants  after  a 
long  search  captured  the  guilty  parties, 
consisting  of  five  men.  When  cap- 
tured they  all  pleaded  guilty.  Their 
names  were  given  as  'follows:  John 
Kelly,  Chas.  Kelly,  John  Murphy, 
Thomas  O'Neil,  and  James  Gallager. 
Chas.  Kelly  seemed  to  be  a  very 
young  boy.  They  all  mingled  to- 
gether in  jail,  when  an  accident  re- 
vealed the  fact  that  Chas.  Kelly  was 
a  woman  and  that  her  name  was 
Clara  King.  She  had  donned  male 
attire  and  had  become  a  burglar,  and 
was  as  desperate  as  any  of  the  other 
gang. 


CHERRY  SCOTT. 


DENNIS  MURPHY. 


Cherry  Scott  is  a  mulatto  woman, 
who  killed  her  mother,  and  was 
brought  to  Dallas,  Texas,  from  the 
Indian  Territory  where  the  crime  was 
committed.  Her  mother,  herself,  a 
married  brotner,  his  wife  and  two 
other  children  all  lived  together  in 
Fannin  County,  and  were  employed 
in  raising  a  crop.  The  sister-in-law 
would  not  work  and  this  made  Cherry 
Scott  angry,  and  therefore  when  she 
was  told  to  do  some  work  she  refused, 
ordering  the  sister-in  law  to  do  it.  A 
quarrel  ensued  and  the  mother  sided 
with  the  daughter-in-law.  This  so 
angered  Cherry,  that  the  next  morn- 
ing, while  the  mother  lay  in  bed, 
Cherry  approached  her  bed  with  a 
rifle  and  shot  her  dead. 


Dennis  Murphy,  alias  Spike,  alias 
Murray,  is  an  old  house  thief  and 
highwayman.  He  is  20  years  of  age, 
6ft.  I  in.  in  height,  and  weighs  205 
Ibs.  He  is  a  perfect  hercules,  and  on 
account  of  his  great  strength  he  gen- 
erally held  the  victim  to  be  robbed, 
while  his  pal  went  through  him.  He 
is  also  a  horse  thief,  and  in  fact  will 
commit  any  offence  whereby  he  can 
derive  some  gain.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  killed  an  old  man  in  his  store 
while  attempting  to  rob  him.  t  This 
took  place  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  in 
August,  1888,  and  he  is  now  on  trial 
for  same. 


EDWARD  SIMMONS. 


CLARA  KING. 


CHERRY  SCOTT. 


DENNIS  MURPHY. 


EDWARD  SULLY. 


EDWARD  KINNEY. 


In  Nov.,  1887,  Edward  Sully  was 
sentenced  for  life  in  prison  at  Jeffer- 
sonville,  Ind.  The  crime  was  most 
fiendish  and  occurred  a  few  months 
earlier.  He  was  a  dissolute  character, 
living  by  petty  thefts  and  living  with 
a  woman  named  Lowsteller  as  his  mis- 
tress. This  woman  had  a  child  three 
years  of  age.  He  and  this  woman, 
with  the  child,  went  out  in  a  boat  on 
the  river.  The  child  displeasing  him, 
he  beat  it  with  an  oar  and  rowed  it 
ashore,  leaving  it  on  the  banks.  He 
afterwards  went  back,  beat  the  child 
again  and  crammed  its  mouth  full  of 
mud  to  stifle  its  cries.  After  beating 
the  child  to  death,  he  tied  a  stone 
around  its  neck  and  flung  it  into  the 
river. 


On  the  night  of  Oct.  25th,  1887,  the 
safe  of  the  Adams  Express  Co.,  on  the 
St.  Louis  &  San  Francisco  road,  was 
robbed  of  $60,000  in  cash.  At  first 
the  detectives  were  baffled  in  discover- 
ing the  robbers,  but  they  ultimately, 
through  a  mysterious  letter,  arrested 
five  men,  the  above  named,  Tom  Wea- 
ver; W.  W.  Haight,  Fred  Witrock  and 
Oscar  Cook.  This  gang  had  planned 
the  robbing  some  time  ahead,  and 
upon  Kinney  when  arrested  was  found 
a  considerable  part  of  the  stolen  money 
• — over  $4,000  being  in  a  belt  around 
his  waist.  This  gang  was  known  as 
the  Jim  Cummings  gang. 


MARY  LOWSTELLER. 


Mary  Lowsteller,  in  Nov.,  1887,  was 
sentenced  to  the  penitentary  in  Jeff- 
erson ville,  Ind.,  for  four  years,  for  as- 
sisting in  the  murder  of  her  three  year 
old  child.  She  lived  with  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Sully,  who,  becoming  en- 
raged at  the  child,  beat  it  violently 
with  an  oar,  while  all  three  were  in  a 
boat  on  the  river.  They  then  rowed 
ashore,  again  beat  the  child,  breaking 
almost  every  bone  in  its  body,  and 
from  the  effects  of  which  the  child  died 
in  a  few  minutes.  They  then  tied  a 
stone  around  the  child's  neck  and 
flung  it  into  the  river.  Sully  received 
a  life  sentence,  and  for  aiding  and 
abetting  him  in  the  fiendish  crime,  the 
woman  received  the  above  sentence. 


ALFRED  TAYLOR. 


In  July,  1888,  Alfred  Taylor  of 
Lapeer,  N.  Y.,  killed  Melville  Frieze 
of  Richford,  in  same  State.  Taylor 
had  a  wife,  while  Frieze  was  a  single 
man.  They  lived  fox  a  while  near 
each  other  and  Taylor  became  jealous 
of  Frieze's  attentions  to  his  wife. 
Taylor  and  a  companion  who  had  been 
out  hunting,  and  who  had  a  loaded 
rifle  in  his  hands,  were  sitting  in  a 
grocery  store  at  Hartford  Mills,  when 
Frieze  entered  the  store.  He  jumped 
up  and  snatching  the  rifle  out  of  his 
companion's  hand,  fired  at  Frieze. 
The  bullet  struck  his  victim  in  the 
breast,  just  above  the  heart,  and  passed 
through  his  body.  The  wound  was 
mortal,  and  death  followed  a  few 
hours  later. 


EDWARD  SULLY. 


EDWARD  KINNEY. 


MARY  LOWSTELLER. 


ALFRED  TAYLOR. 


MRS.   ClGNARALE. 


This  Italian  woman  shot  and  killed 
her  husband  on  inth  St.  near  2d  Av. , 
N.  Y.,  on  Oct.  20,  1886.  Some  time 
before  that  she  had  left  him  and  her 
little  child  and  gone  off  with  Antonio 
D'Andrea,  who  claimed  to  be  her 
cousin  and  who  taught  her  to  use  the 
revolver.  She  pleaded  to  murder  in 
the  2d  degree,  but  afterwards  withdrew 
the  plea  and  stood  trial,  when  she  was 
convicted  of  murder  in  the  1st  degree 
and  sentenced  to  be  hung.  Her  case 
was  appealed  to  the  highest  courts, 
but  judgment  was  confirmed.  The 
Governor  later  commuted  her  sentence 
to  imprisonment  for  life. 


JOHN  O'NEIL. 


John  O'Neil,  alias  Cummings,  is  a 
thief.  His  age  is  30  years,  height  5  ft. 
4^  in.,  weighs  136  Ibs.  Has  dots  on 
the  right  and  left  arms.  Was  born  in 
Boston  and  is  a  house  painter  by  trade. 
He  was  last  arrested  in  Boston,  Aug. 
2Oth,  1888,  by  Inspector  Gerraughty, 
for  the  robbery  of  $700  in  gold  from 
his  landlady  in  New  York.  He  had 
fled  to  Boston  after  this  haul,  but  was 
traced  there  bv  New  York  detectives. 


HUGH  MAXWELL  BROOKS. 


HENRY  CARLTON. 


Hugh  Maxwell  Brooks  killed  Arthur 
Preller  in  the  Southern  Hotel,  at 
St.  Louis,  in  April,  1885.  Maxwell, 
who  was  an  Englishman,  met  Preller 
on  the  steamer  coming  to  this  country, 
and  they  formed  a  friendship  and  pro- 
ceeded West  together.  Preller  had 
plenty  of  money,  while  Brooks  was 
short  of  funds.  After  stopping  at  the 
hotel  in  St.  Louis  several  days,  Brooks 
and  Preller  disappeared,  leaving  a 
trunk  behind.  This  trunk  emitting  a 
bad  odor,  it  was  opened  arid  the  dead 
body  of  Preller  was  found  within. 
Brooks  fled  to  Honolulu  but  was 
brought  back,  and  at  the  trial,  claimed 
that  he  chloroformed  Preller,  in  order 
to  perform  an  operation  on  him,  and 
his  death  was  accidental.  Brooks 
was  hung. 


On  the  morning  of  Oct.  29,  1888, 
Policeman  James  Brennan  was  shot 
dead  in  New  York  City  by  the  above 
named  individual,  who  also  went  by 
the  nick-name  of  Handsome  Harry. 
He  and  a  companion  met  a  waiter  in  a 
saloon  on  Third  Ave.  The  waiter 
was  under  the  influence  of  liquor. 
When  leaving  the  saloon.  Handsome 
Harry  followed  him  and  when  in  a 
secluded  spot  in  a  side.  street,  attempted 
to  rob  him.  His  call  brought  the 
Policeman  to  his  assistance,  and  in  his 
attempt  to  arrest  the  rascal,  he  was 
shot  dead.  Carlton  enjoyed  a  bad 
reputation  as  a  crook  and  desperate 
character. 


MRS.   ClGNARALE. 


HUGH  MAXWELL  BROOKS. 


HENRY  CARLTON. 


JOHN  BURKE. 


TOM  KELLY. 


Fat  Man  Burke,  this  party  is  some- 
times called.  He  is  a  bank  burglar, 
and  has  served  several  years  in  prisons 
at  various  times.  He  is  originally  from 
Cincinnati,  O.,  and  is  believed  to  have 
been  born  there.  He  is  also  a  pick- 
pocket, and  in  fact  will  indulge  in  any 
crime.  He  is  29  years  of  age,  about 
5  ft.  10  in.  high,  and  weighs  about 
170  Ibs.  His  last  arrest  was  in 
Columbus,  in  the  spring  of  1888. 


Tom  Kelly,  alias  T.  J.  Nue,  is  a 
pickpocket,  aged  about  25  years.  He 
can  read  and  write,  is  of  slim  build, 
height  about  5  ft.  9  in.,  and  weighs 
about  140  Ibs.  He  has  been  numerous 
times  in  prison,  but  this  does  not  have 
any  beneficial  effect  on  him,  for  as 
soon  as  he  is  released,  he  immediately 
plies  his  vocation  again.  He  associates 
with  the  principal  pickpockets  of  the 
West,  where  he  belongs. 


JAMES  H.  FLY:IN. 


James  H.  Flynn,  alias  the  Bold 
Faced  Kid,  is  a  pickpocket  and  sneak 
thief.  He  belongs  to  Boston,  and 
his  age  is  25  years.  Was  born  in 
Ireland,  can  read  and  write,  is  5  ft. 
7  in.  in  height,  and  weighs  145  Ibs. 
His  last  arrest  was  in  New  York,  in 
August,  1888,  after  he  had  made  a 
professional  tour  in  Europe,  but  upon 
his  return  to  New  York  was  quickly 
detected  by  the  police  of  that  City. 


JEREMIAH  McGlLLICUDDY. 


Jeremiah  McGillicuddy,  in  connec- 
tion with  his  son  Michael,  killed  on 
August  4th,  1888,  John  Lahey,  in 
Auburn,  Maine.  The  crime  was  the 
outcome  of  a  fight.  Besides  stabbing 
Lahey  through  the  heart,  he  also 
stabbed  another  man  named  Connors 
in  the  breast,  narrowly  escaping  his 
heart.  When  arrested  he  appeared  to 
be  dead  drunk.  He  was  so  overcome 
at  his  son's  arrest,  that  he  pleaded 
guilty  and  exonerated  the  son. 


JOHN  BURKE. 


TOM  KELLY. 


JAMES  H.  FLYNN. 


JEREMIAH  McaiLLICUDDY. 


EBENEZER  STANYARD. 


Ebenczer  Stanyard  was  hung  at 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  for  the  murder  of 
a  woman  by  the  name  of  Alice  Hancox. 
The  cause  of  the  murder  was  very 
much  shrouded  in  mystery,  but  the 
proof  of  his  guilt  was  overwhelming. 
The  affair  created  quite  a  sensation  in 
Youngstown,  and  on  the  day  of  his 
execution  the  excitement  was  still 
greater. 


FRANCIS  GERHART, 


The  long  criminal  career  of  Francis 
Gerhart  or  Gerart  of  Croton,  N.  Y., 
was  brought  to  a  termination  by  being 
sent  to  the  Connecticut  prison  to  serve 
eight  yeais,  in  the  early  part  of  1888. 
For  the  past  twenty  five  years,  he  has 
been  a  horse  thief,  burglar,  and  a 
daring  roKber.  He  began  his  career 
at  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865,  and 
for  fifteen  years  carried  on  his  work 
in  New  York  State,  serving  ten  years 
in  Sing  Sing  and  Auburn,  and  before 
his  arrest  and  conviction  in  Connecticut, 
he  was  a  terror  .to  the  people  living  in 
Croton,  Stonington  and  Mystic. 


Gus  BRILL. 


Gus  Brill,  sometimes  called  Nosey, 
is  a  thief.  He  stands  5  ft.  10  in.  high, 
slim  build,  has  large  nose,  from  which 
he  gets  his  nickname.  His  last  offense 
was  committed  in  September,  1888,  in 
Chicago,  for  the  robbery  of  a  $350 
gold  watch.  He  escaped  and  is  now 
wanted  fjy  the  police  of  that  city, 
He  has  means  at  times  of  hiding  him- 
self effectually,  until  his  crime  has 
blown  over  and  somewhat  forgotten. 


Mrs.  HATTIE  CONNELLY. 


Mrs.  Hattie  Connelly  is  an  adven- 
turess and  swindler,  and  also  known 
by  the  names  of  Carroll,  Styles,  Bruce, 
and  canal  boat  Hattie.  Her  latest 
adventure  was  in  June,  1888,  when 
she  swindled  an  old  man  of  68  years 
of  age,  in  Jersey  City,  out  of  over 
$2,000.  Mrs.  Connelly  is  fair,  fat, 
and  40,  and  the  way  the  old  man  was 
taken  in  by  this  clever  confidence 
woman  is  something  remarkable. 


EBENEZER  STANYARD. 


FRANCIS  GCERHART 


Mrs.  HATTIE  CONNELLY. 


A.  E.  ROWE. 


A.  E.  Rowe  is  a  forger.  He  is  21 
years  old,  height  5  ft.  7  in.,  slim  build, 
and  weighs  125  Ibs.  He  committed 
forgeries  and  embezzlement  in  Lee. 
Mass.,  in  September,  1888,  and  rled 
from  there.  He  is  rather  duclish, 
dresses  well,  and  has  a  fondness  for 
billiard  rooms  and  such  resorts,  and 
to  satisfy  his  tastes  for  these  pleasures, 
he  became  a  criminal. 


WILLIAM  DEYINE. 


William  Devine  is  what  is  called  an 
Eastern  Dip,  or  pickpocket.  He 
hails  from  Massachusets,  but  has 
spent  most  of  his  time  outside  of 
prison  in  Pittsburg  and  Cincinnati. 
He  is  1 8  years  of  age,  of  slim  build, 
and  5  feet  4  inches  high,  weighs 
no  Ibs.  Despite  his  youth  he  has 
made  a  reputation  in  his  craft,  and  is 
known  to  the  police  throughout  the 
country. 

** 


MRS.  MARTIN  STEINHAUSER. 


In  the  early  part  of  1888,  Mrs.  Martin 
Steinhauser  was  convicted  of  murder 
at  Palmyra,  VVis.,  the  victim  being 
her  husband.  The  shooting  was  done 
at  night,  after  the  couple  had  retired. 
It  appeared  she  had  a  lover  by  the 
name  of  Henry  Rohrmason,  who  lived 
in  the  house  wiih  them.  They  con- 
spired to  rid  themselves  of  the  husband, 
and  he  also  was  convicted  as  an 
accomplice.  She  maintained  that  her 
husband  continually  abused  her,  and 
on  the  night  in  question  he  attempted 
to  shoot  her.  In  endeavoring  to  take 
the  pistol  away,  it  exploded,  killing 
him.  The  evidence  proved  the  con- 
trary, and  she  received  a  life  sentence. 


HENRY  ROHRMASON. 


Henry  Rohrmason,  in  connection 
with  Mrs.  Steinhauser,  received  a  life 
sentence  for  the  murder  of  her  husband 
at  Palmyra,  Wis.,  in  the  early  part  of 
1888.  He  was  the  lover  of  Mrs. 
Steinhauser,  and  they  planned  to  rid 
themselves  of  the  husband.  Although 
he  maintained  that  he  was  not  in  the 
room  when  the  murder  took  place,  the 
husband,  in  his  ante-mortum  state- 
ment, swore  that  the  man  stood  by 
while  the  wife  shot  him,  and  all  the 
evidence  pointed  to  his  guilt.  The 
woman  attempted  to  prove  that  the 
shooting  was  accidental,  but  with  no 
satisfactory  result. 

** 


A.  E.  ROWE. 


WILLIAM  DEVINE. 


MRS.  MARTIN  STEINHAUSER. 


HENRY  ROHRMASON. 


OREGON  HAMILTON. 


Col.  PAT  H.  HENNESSEY, 


Col.  Pat  H.  Hennessey,  a  man  who 
had  lived  for  thirty-five  years  in  Texas, 
was  in  1888  convicted  of  forgery  in 
that  Stat£.  He  was  widely  known  in 
that  portion  of  the  country,  and  at 
one  time  held  the  position  of  Sergeant 
at  Arms  in  the  Senate  at  Austin.  His 
case  created  quite  a  sensation  in  and 
about  the  Capital  of  Texas. 


In  the  month  of  May,  1888,  Oregon 
Hamilton  of  Newaygo,  Mich.,  was 
convicted  of  murder  in  the  second 
degree.  He  is  a  widower  and  the 
crime  for  which  he  was  convicted  was 
in  whipping  his  nineteen  months  old 
daughter  to  death.  The  case  excited 
the  inhabitants  of  this  small  town,  and 
the  verdict  met  with  general  approval, 
as  the  case  was  one  of  horrible  cruelty, 
and  if  the  inhabitants  could  have  taken 
summary  punishment  in  their  own 
hands,  the  wretch  would  have  saved 
the  county  the  cost  of  a  trial. 


DAVID  FROTHINGHAM, 


On  the  night  of  Oct.  25th,  1886, 
there  was  stolen  from  the  safe  of 
Adams  Express  Co.  ,  in  St.  Louis, 
$30,000  David  Frothingham  in 
connection  with  Fred  Wittrock  and 
W.  W.  Haight,  Frothingham  was 
also  accused  of  receiving  stolen  goods. 
Frothingham  was  distinctively  the 
most  favorable  looking  prisoner  who 
ever  occupied  the  chair  of  the  accused 
on  a  criminal  charge  in  St.  Louis,  and 
his  appearance  tended  to  create  a 
favorable  opinion. 


MAY  SWEENEY. 


May  Sweeney,  alias  Mary  Murphy, 
is  an  old  time  pickpocket  and  thief. 
She  is  the  associate  and  pal  of  Ellen 
Griffin,  also  a  known  pickpocket,  and 
both  of  them  belong  to  the  fourth 
ward  pickpockets  of  New  York.  She 
is  5  ft.  5  in.  in  height,  and  advanced  in 
years.  She  was  driven  out  of  New 
York  by  the  police,  and  has  been 
many  times  arrested  in  Eastern  Cities. 


Col.  PAT  H.  HENNESSEY. 


OREGON  HAMILTON. 


DAYID  FROTHINGHAM. 


MAY  SWEENEY. 


JOHN  K.  MILES. 


John  K.  Miles  was  a  Philadelphia!), 
residing  there  and  doing  business  in 
that  city.  He  was  a  forger  to  the 
extent  of  $4,000.  After  committing 
this  crime,  he  eloped  with  a  young 
lady  also  of  that  city,  and  fled  to 
England.  The  police  had  some  diffi- 
culty in  getting  on  his  tracks,  but  they 
ultimately  tracked  him  and  the  young 
lady  to  England,  to  which  place  they 
were  followed  and  brought  back. 


FRANK  KOEHLER. 


Frank  Koehler  is  a  noted  convict, 
having  escaped  from  Sing  Sing.  On 
the  night  of  May  1st,  1888,  he  loaded 
two  dynamite  bombs,  and  planted 
them  against  the  walls  of  the  residence 
of  Attorney  F.  H.  McClintock,  of 
Union  City,  Pa.  He  then  deliberately 
lighted  the  fuses  of  both,  but  fortun- 
ately only  one  exploded,  otherwise  the 
damage,  which  was  considerable,  might 
have  been  more  extensive  and  serious. 
As  it  was.  the  whole  front  of  the 
house  in  which  McClintock,  his  wife 
and  two  children  were  sleeping  was 
wrecked.  His  object  was  revenge 
against  the  Attorney. 


JOHN  KELLY. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a 
desperate  thief  and  burglar,  and  has 
served  several  terms  in  prison.  His 
last  crime  was  a  bold  and  murderous 
one.  He  called  the  proprietor  of  the 
American  House,  in  Lowell.  Mass., 
from  his  supper,  and  handed  him  an 
envelope,  telling  him  to  turn  to  the 
light  so  that  he  might  read  the  con- 
tents, as  they  stood  outside  the  rear 
entrance  of  the  hotel.  Ab  he  did  so, 
the  villain  felled  him  with  a  coupling 
pin.  His  object  was  robbery. 


JAMES  E.  BEDELL. 


One  of  the  most  stupendous  swin- 
dles and  forgeries  committed  in  New 
York  City  for  years,  was  brought  to 
light  in  November,  1888.  James  F. 
Bedell  was  employed  by  the  celebrated 
law  firm  of  Shipman,  Barlow,  Larocque 
&  Choate,  having  charge  of  the  mort- 
gage department.  His  mode  of  oper- 
ations which  he  had  been  carrying  on 
for  years,  was  to  make  fictitious 
mortgages,  on  which  the  firm  through 
him  would  loan  the  money  for  their 
clients.  Through  his  peculiar  system 
of  banking,  he  would  draw  the  money 
himself  and  pocket  same.  The  total 
amount  of  his  defalcations  was  over  a 
quarter  of  a  million  dollars,  half  of 
which  he  claimed  to  have  lost  playing 
policy.  He  received  a  sentence  of 
twenty-five  years  in  Sing  Sing  Prison. 

•*• 


JOHN  K.  MILES. 


FRANK  KOEHLER. 


JAMES  E.  BEDELL. 


PHILIP  SAUTORAS. 


EDNA  PATERSON. 


I£dna  Paterson,  alias  Shafner,  alias 
Dennis,  is  a  professional  shoplifter, 
serving  a  sentence  in  St.  Louis  Jail. 
She  was  arrested  in  Boston,  in  April, 
1888,  for  shoplifting,  but  pretended 
to  l)e  an  inmate  of  the  Young  Women's 
Home,  and  Insane.  She  escaped  from 
Boston  and  was  finally  brought  to  bay 
in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  She  is  33  years  old, 
5  ft.  high,  and  weighs  135  Ibs. 


Philip  Sautoras,  whose  right  name 
is  said  to  be  Rosario  Denarox,  is  an 
Italian  counterfeiter,  and  has  given 
the  secret  service  detectives  a  great 
deal  of  trouble.  He  was  arrested  in 
December.  1888,  and  escaped  from 
the  Post  Office  Building  in  New  York 
City.  He  is  60  years  of  age,  5  ft. 
3$  in.  in  height,  and  weighs  about 
170  Ibs.  He  has  five  small  blue  spots 
in  a  group  on  right  arm  below  elbow 
bend. 


PETER  DONOVAN, 


Peter  Donovan  is  a  burglar.  His 
age  is  35  years,  height  5  ft.  6  in.,  and 
weighs  140  Ibs.  He  is  of  medium 
height,  and  he  is  pretty  well  covered 
with  scars,  received  in  numerous 
encounters  with  the  police  and  in 
fights  with  his  pals.  He  was  last 
arrested  in  August,  1888,  in  New 
London,  Conn.,  for  burglary,  having 
broken  into  several  residences  there, 
but  was  finally  detected  and  he  is  now 
awaiting  his  trial, 


JAMES  R.  DOYLE. 


James  R.  Doyle,  who  is  now  serv- 
ing a  term  in  States  Prison,  was  a 
member  of  the  celebrated  gang  of 
forgers,  headed  by  Brockway,  and 
composed  of  such  men  as  Louis  R. 
Martin,  Henry  Maxey,  Tom  Ballard, 
Nathan  Foster  and  others.  His  par- 
ticular work  was  to  push  the  counter- 
feits, and  in  that  capacity  he  was 
eminently  successful.  The  particular 
offence  for  which  he  is  now  serving 
his  time,  was  his  attempt  in  connec- 
tion with  Brockway  to  issue  $200,000 
in  6$  counterfeit  Coupon  Bonds,  and 
for  which  he  came  to  grief. 


**• 


EDNA  PATERSON. 


PHILIP  SAUTORAS. 


PETER  DONOVAN. 


JAMES  R.  DOYLE. 


OWEN  BRUNS. 


GEORGE  TARTAR. 


This  individual  was  another  desper- 
ate character  of  the  6th  Ward  of  New 
York  City,  and  now  serving  a  sentence 
of  nine  years  and  three  months  in 
Sing  Sing  Prison.  He  became  the 
leader  of  the  celebrated  Whyo  Gang 
after  the  hanging  of  its  former  leader 
Dan  Driscoll.  This  gang  was  a  terror 
in  the  locality  it  haunted,  and  robbery 
and  shooting  was  a  daily  occurrence, 
but  by  the  efforts  of  the  police  the 
gang  is  gradually  being  wiped  out  by 
imprisonment  and  the  hangman's  knot. 
The  crime  for  which  Bruns  received 
the  above  sentence,  was  the  attempted 
robbery  of  an  unoffensive  grocer.  He 
entered  his  store  and  when  the  grocer 
would  not  give  money,  Bruns  shot  him, 
but  fortunately  not  killing  him. 


George  Tartar,  who  is  a  most  des- 
perate thief  and  villain,  making  his 
home  in  Kentucky  when  out  of  prison, 
and  has  added  to  his  numerous  crimes 
that  of  murder.  A  dance  was  given 
at  a  distillery  near  Summerset,  Ky., 
and  there  was  a  large  assemblage  on 
hand.  Tartar,  who  was  out  of  jail 
only  twelve  days,  invited  himself. 
After  arming  himself  with  a  pair  of 
brass  knuckles  and  a  dirk,  he  had  not 
been  at  the  dance  long  before  he 
showed  his  determination  to  create  a 
fight.  Tartar  commenced  by  knocking 
an  inoffensive  young  man  down,  and 
others  coming  to  his  assistance,  Tartar 
pulled  out  his  dirk,  slashing  right  and 
left,  literally  hacking  one  man  to 
pieces,  who  afterwards  died. 


GUST  AYE  A.  PETERSON. 


Gustave  A.  Peterson  is  a  burglar, 
aged  25  years,  heigh.t  5  ft.  7  in.,  and 
weighs  160  Ibs.  He  is  a  Swede  by 
birth  and  a  tailor  by  trade,  but  relin- 
quished that  honorable  employment 
some  time  ago,  to  follow  the  more 
hazardous  one  of  thief  and  burglar. 
He  is  well  known  in  the  East,  and 
received  a  sentence  in  October.  1888, 
of  one  year  for  burglary  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  his  capture  having  been  cleverly 
made  by  two  Boston  policemen  while 
he  was  in  the  act. 


JOSEPH  SHERER. 


Two  human  forms,  one  that  of  a 
young  man,  the  other  that  of  a  girl, 
the  latter  cold  in  death,  the  former  in 
death's  agonies,  each  weltering  in 
blood,  that  had  streamed  from  deadly 
wounds  ;  a  revolver  empty  and  harm- 
less, now  that  its  fatal  work  was  done. 
This  was  the  ghastly  sight  that  met 
Police  Captain  Davidson  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  on  the  night  of  June  16,  1888, 
when  one  of  the  doors  leading  into  a 
bedroom  on  the  second  floor  of  an 
eating  house  on  William  Street,  had 
been  broken  open.  The  man's  name 
was  Joseph  Sherer,  and  the  woman's 
Lizzie  McCarthy.  Investigation  re- 
vealed the  fact  that  Sherer  shot  Lizzie, 
who  was  his  sweetheart,  because  she 
refused  to  marry  him,  and  then  shot 
himself. 


OWEN  BRUNS. 


GEORGE  TARTAR. 


GCUSTAVE  A.  PETERSON. 


JOSEPH  SHERER. 


COUNT  KRONE. 


Count  Krone  makes  a  living  by 
obtaining  money,  &c.  under  false  pre- 
tences, and  his  wits  are  his  stock  in 
trade.  He  was  arrested  in  Chicago, 
in  February,  1888,  charged  with  ob- 
taining money  by  false  pretences, 
although  there  was  a  more  serious 
charge  against  him.  He  is  said  to  be 
the  man,  who  in  1879,  killed  the 
janitor  of  the  Bank  of  Sweden  in 
Stockholm,  and  robbed  that  institution 
of  $1,000,000,  afterwards  escaping  to 
this  country  with  the  plunder. 


PIGGY  NORTON. 


Piggy  Norton  is  a  notorious  crook 
and  thief,  and  the  burglaries  that  he 
has  had  a  hand  in  are  too  numerous 
to  mention.  He  is  known  all  over 
the  country  and  has  been  an  inmate  of 
many  a  jail.  He  is  a  hardened  char- 
acter all  through,  and  is  at  the  present 
time  under  indictment  and  awaiting 
trial  for  a  burglary  in  Brooklyn,  L.  I. 


ELLEN  GRIFFIN. 


JAMES  W.  TATE. 


In  the  early  part  of  1888,  great 
excitement  was  caused  in  Kentucky, 
by  the  sudden  disappearance  of  James 
W.  Tate,  the  treasurer  of  that  State, 
and  the  subsequent  discovery  that  he 
was  a  defaulter  to  the  extent  of  $150,000. 
Tate  was  elected  to  his  office  ten  con- 
secutive times  and  was  a  man  widely 
known.  He  also  took  quite  an  active 
part  in  religious  affairs.  $5,000  was 
offered  for  his  arrest. 


Ellen  Griffin,  alias  Mary  Hays,  is 
an  old  time  professional  pickpocket. 
She  was  born  in  New  York.  She  is 
of  dark  complexion  and  5  ft.  4  in. 
in  height.  She  belongs  to  che  mob 
known  as  the  fourth  ward  pickpockets 
of  New  York,  and  worked  with  a 
thief  known  as  Billy  Bennett,  alias 
Lame  Billy.  She  was  arrested  in 
Danbury,  Conn.,  in  Sept.,  1888,  for 
picking  pockets,  in  connection  with  a 
pal,  May  Sweeney. 


COUNT  KRONE. 


PIGGY  NORTON. 


JAMES  W   TATE. 


ELLEN  GRIFFIN. 


JAMES  MCCABE. 


James  McCabe  is  a  desperate  burglar 
of  Brooklyn.  He  nearly  killed  Ex- 
Inspector  McClausland  of  Boston  with 
a  razor  in  1884,  and  finished  his  term 
for  this  crime  in  State  Prison,  at 
Charleston,  Mass.,  on  Aug.  25,  1888. 
He  was  at  liberty  about  two  minutes, 
when  he  was  rearrested  as  a  fugitive 
from  justice.  When  he  assaulted  the 
Inspector,  that  official  was  arresting 
him  for  breaking  and  entering  stores. 
The  New  Hampshire  authorities 
wanted  him  for  the  same  offense,  and 
he  was  turned  over  to  them. 


LINCOLN  J.  RANDALL. 


Lincoln  J.  Randall  was  a  paracide 
at  the  age  of  18  years.  He  killed  his 
father  at  Montague,  Mass.,  in  Nov., 
1887.  Young  Randall  lived  with  his 
father  on  the  latter's  farm.  The 
father  had  an  insurance  of  $5,000  on 
his  life,  and  to  secure  the  payment  of 
this  money,  the  son  shot  the  father. 
The  back  of  the  old  man's  head  was 
literally  blown  off,  the  gun  having 
been  loaded  with  buckshot. 


ADAM  WORTH. 


Adam  Worth  is  one  of  the  most 
celebrated  and  noted  American  crooks 
and  bank  breakers  of  the  present 
century.  In  connection  with  Charles 
Ballard,  he  robbed  the  Brylston  Bank 
of  Boston,  in  1869,  of  one-half  million 
dollars,  and  with  the  plunder  escaped 
to  Europe,  where  he  now  resides, 
principally  on  the  Continent.  He 
lives  now  in  great  style  on  the  proceeds 
of  this  great  robbery.  He  does  not 
now  do  any  burglary  personally,  but 
looks  up  jobs  for  American  thieves  of 
note,  visiting  Europe,  from  which  he 
receives  a  percentage. 


MICHAEL  J.  WHYTE. 


Michael  J.  Whyte  was  arrested  on 
August  aoth,  1888,  in  Worcester, 
Mass.,  for  the  murder  of  Frank  F. 
Spencer,  in  Dudley,  Mass.  Whyte 
and  Spencer  visited  Dudley,  in  order 
to  look  at  some  cattle.  They  were  in 
each  others  company  all  day,  but  on 
the  following  day  Whyte  appeared 
alone.  Spencer's  body  was  found  in 
the  woods  with  three  bullet  holes  in 
his  body.  His  pockets  were  turned 
inside  out,  money,  watch  and  suspen- 
ders gone.  When  Whyte  was  arrested 
these  articles  were  found  on  him. 
Whyte  is  45  years  old,  and  is  also 
known  as  Michael  Mahoney. 


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JAMES  MOCABE. 


LINCOLN  J.  RANDALL. 


ADAM  WORTH. 


MICHAEL  J.  WHYTE. 


JOHN  HENRY  HOWE. 


In  April,  1888,  the  above  named 
individual  brutally  killed  his  wife  at 
Fort  Collins,  Col.  The  act  was  most 
atrocious  and  one  only  becoming  a 
fiend.  He  threw  his  wife  down  and 
while  on  her  knees  cut  her  throat, 
after  which  he  shoved  her  out  doors. 
The  poor  woman  staggered  to  the 
fence,  walked  about  two  rods  and  fell 
dead.  Great  indignation  was  created 
at  Fort  Collins  and  the  wretch  nar- 
rowly escaped  lynching. 


CHARLES  I.  DE  BATJN. 
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Charles  I.  De  Baun  was  assistant 
cashier  of  the  National  Park  Bank  of 
New  York,  when  one  morning  in  May, 
1888,  he  skipped  for  Canada,  leaving 
a  defalcation  of  $95,000.  He  had 
been  systematically  stealing  the  bank's 
funds  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  and 
his  method  was  to  make  drafts  upon 
imaginary  firms  in  Baltimore,  which 
would  be  presented  in  the  usual  man- 
ner. The  drafts  would  then  be  entered 
for  collection  and  charged  to  the 
account  of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics 
Bank  of  Baltimore,  draw  the  money 
and  alter  the  monthly  statements  of 
the  Baltimore  Bank. 


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Perhaps  one  of  the  most  atrocious 
murders  ever  committed  was  done  by 
this  individual.  It  occurred  at  a  place 
called  Podunk,  in  New  York  State, 
and  the  victim  was  Mrs.  Richard 
Mason,  an  old  farmer's  wife.  Barber 
beat  out  the  brains  of  his  victim  with 
a  club,  while  she  was  in  the  act  of 
supplying  him  with  food.  He  was  a 
tramp,  and  even  when  receiving 
charity  the  brute  could  not  restrain 
his  murderous  hand. 


HARRY  MYERS. 


Harry  Myers  is  a  fiend,  who  out  of 
pure  deviltry  in  May,  1888,  set  fire  to 
a  house  at  Beach  Haven,  Pa.,  near 
Wilkesbarre.  The  house  contained 
five  inmates,  one  of  whom  was  a 
young  lady  named  Nagle,  who  was 
roasted  to  death  in  spite  of  all  efforts 
to  save.  This  wretch  was  afterwards 
arrested  in  Wilkesbarre. 


JOHN  HENRY  HOWE. 


CHARLES  I.  DE  BAUN. 


RICHARD  BARBER. 


HARRY  MYERS. 


MARY  A.  HAUSEH. 


Mary  A.  Hausen  is  a  clever  confi- 
dence operator,  going  also  under  the 
alias  of  Mary  A.  Gibson,  and  Mary 
A.  Klinck,  and  her  operations  even 
eclipse  the  nimble  Hungry  Joe,  in  her 
artful  schemes  to  obtain  wealth  under 
her  clever  confidence  operations.  Her 
last  operation  before  going  to  jail  was 
to  swindle  two  saloon  keepers,  one  in 
Jersey  City  and  one  in  New  York, 
out  of  some  $3,300. 


Mrs.  SARAH  ROBINSON. 


In  the  early  part  of  1888,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Robinson  was  convicted  of  murder  in 
the  first  degree  in  Boston,  Mass. 
The  particular  crime  for  which  she  was 
convicted  was  the  poisoning  of  her 
son.  This  woman  was  a  regular 
borgia,  and  there  were  no  less  than 
seven  counts  in  the  indictment  under 
which  she  was  tried.  She  was  also 
accused  of  poisoning  Wm.  J.  Robinson 
and  six  other  parties  at  different  times. 
The  chief  incentive,  as  far  as  known, 
was  securing  various  sums  of  money 
with  which  the  lives  of  her  victims 
were  insured. 


NED  LYONS. 


GEORGE  MASON. 


Ned  Lyons  is  a  celebrated  burglar, 
hailing  from  the  East.  He  is  the 
husband  of  Sophia  Lyons  the  celebra- 
ted blackmailer.  He  is  a  Scotchman 
by  birth,  and  the  only  scotch  profes- 
sional of  note  in  this  country.  He 
had  many  friends  amongst  the  criminal 
classes,  for  the  reason  that  he  kept  a 
strict  guard  over  his  tongue,  and  no 
secrets  could  be  extorted  from  him  by 
the  police.  He  has  been  shot  many 
times,  but  seems  to  be  ball-proof, 
always  recovering  from  his  wounds. 


George  Mason,  alias  Geo.  B.  Gard- 
ner, is  a  celebrated  and  notorious  bank 
burglar  and  thief,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  expert  in  America.  He  has 
served  many  terms  in  different  prisons. 
He  was  implicated  in  the  robbery  of 
a  bank  in  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  whereby  he 
made  a  haul  of  $90,000.  He  is  also 
credited  with  having  a  hand  in  the 
robbing  of  a  pawnbroker's  establish- 
ment in  Philadelphia,  having  secured 
over  $40,000  in  jewelry.  He  also 
attempted  to  rob  the  Post  Office  in 
Charleston,  Mass. 


MARY  A.  HAUSEN. 


Mrs.  SARAH  ROBINSON. 


NED  LYONS. 


GEORGE  MASON. 


HARRY  MOORE. 


Harry  Moore,  alias  Harry  Bennet, 
is  a  most  desperate  thief  and  foot  pad, 
and  will  stop  at  nothing  to  accomplish 
his  object.  One  of  his  most  brutal 
robberies  occurred  at  St.  Paul.  He 
attacked  a  young  lady  on  the  street 
and  in  order  to  capture  her  pocket- 
book,  he  beat  her  senseless  with  his 
fist.  Her  nose  was  broken,  two  teeth 
knocked  out,  and  both  eyes  blackened. 
This  cowardly  brute  was  immediately 
captured. 


CHARLES  STEWART. 


Charles  Stewart  is  a  bunco  steerer 
and  swindler,  and  his  many  operations 
would  fill  a  volume.  One  of  his 
exploits  consisted  of  swindling  an  old 
farmer  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  in  connec- 
tion with  two  pals  out  of  $3,000. 
They  allowed  him  to  win  $5  on  a  card 
trick  and  then  told  him  he  had  won 
$3,000  more.  Upon  solicitation,  the 
farmer  went  to  Batavia,  borrowed 
$3.000.  Returning  home,  he  gave  the 
money  to  the  card  dealer,  who  jumped 
into  his  buggy  and  drove  away,  the 
other  two  going  also  in  a  wagon  in 
another  direction. 


A.  R.  PARSONS. 


L.OUIS  L.INGG. 


On  Nov.  nth,  1887,  in  the  City  of 
Chicago,  A.  R.  Parsons,  known  as  an 
Anarchist,  was  hung,  together  with 
Spiess,  Engel  and  Fischer,  co-con- 
spirators, for  their  complicity  in  what 
was  known  as  the  Haymarket  massa- 
cre, which  occurred  on  the  evening  of 
May  4th,  1886.  On  that  evening  the 
Anarchists  had  calleil  a  large  out-of- 
door  meeting,  which  was  attended  by 
a  large  and  turbulent  mob.  Incen- 
diary speeches  were  the  order  of  the 
evening,  Parsons  making  the  most  in- 
flammatory one,  calling  upon  the  men 
to  arm  themselves,  etc.,  when  sud- 
denly a  number  of  bombs  were  thrown 
amongst  the  police,  bursting  with 
terrific  effect,  and  killing  and  wound- 
ing dozens.  An  indescribable  scene 
of  bloodshed  and  riot  then  followed. 


Louis  Lingg,  together  with  Spiess, 
Engel.  Fischer  and  Parsons,  was  sen- 
tenced to  be  hung  in  Chicago  for  his 
complicity  in  the  celebrated  Hay- 
market  tragedy,  which  occurred  in  the 
above  city  on  the  evening  of  May  4th, 
1886.  All  these  ringleaders,  in  con- 
nection with  Engel  and  Schwab, 
played  a  conspicuous  part  in  inciting 
the  mob  to  bloodshed  and  riot  on  that 
memorable  occasion.  While  some  of 
these  leaders  were  making  incendiary 
speeches,  bombs  were  suddenly  thrown 
amongst  the  police.  Lingg  was  the 
manufacturer  of  these  bombs,  and  is 
supposed  to  have  thrown  some  of  them. 
On  the  morning  of  the  execution  he 
escaped  the  gallows  by  blowing  his 
head  to  pieces  in  his  cell  with  a  small 
bomb  which  he  had  placed  in  his 
mouth. 

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HARRY  MOORE. 


CHARLES  STEWART. 


A.  R.  PARSONS. 


L.OUIS  L.INGG. 


DANIEL  COLLINS. 


CHAS.  O'CONNOR. 


Daniel  Collins  in  October,  1888,  for 
attempting  to  kill  night  watchman 
J.  D.  Ayres,  of  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Railroad,  was  sentenced  to  ten  years 
in  States  Prison.  Collins  is  a  thief, 
and  while  plying  his  nefarious  trade, 
attempted  to  also  become  a  mur- 
derer. Collins  and  a  pal  were  discov- 
ered by  a  police  officer  in  the  act  of 
burglarizing  a  harness  shop.  Collins 
was  seized  by  watchman  Ayres,  but 
broke  away  and  shot  Ayres  in  the  head 
and  neck,  but  fortunately,  not  seriously. 
Another  officer  afterward  captured  the 
would  be  murderer. 


Chas.  O'Connor,  a  petty  thief, 
who  has  served  several  short  terms  in 
the  penitentiary,  committed  two  of 
the  most  daring  robberies  on  record  in 
New  York  City.  O'Connor,  whose 
aliases  are  Seymour  and  Harding, 
entered  the  Fifth  National  Bank  dur- 
ing business  hours,  reached  over  the 
railing  and  grabbed  three  packages 
containing  $l,ooo  each,  marched  out 
and  disappeared.  In  the  afternoon  of 
same  day  a  young  man  entered  the 
Commercial  National  Bank,  scooped 
in  $8,500  in  the  same  way  and  also 
run,  but  he  was  followed  this  time  by  a 
yelling  crowd,  and  when  intercepted 
by  an  officer  attempted  to  shoot  him. 
O'Connor  was  the  man  who  also  com- 
mitted the  second  robbery. 


BILLY  CONNERS. 


JOHN  M.  CHASE. 


Billy  Conners,  alias  John  Hurley, 
is  another  desperate  crook,  thief  and 
train  robber,  who  would  stop  at  no 
crime.  He  is  a  member  of  a  des- 
perate gang  in  Ohio,  who  have  ter- 
rorized people  in  certain  portions  of 
that  State.  He  was  a  pal  of  the  des- 
perado Eddie  Guering,  both  of  whom 
are  accused  of  murdering  Detective 
Halligan,  of  Cleveland,  who  was  fol- 
lowing these  desperadoes  up,  and  who 
made  it  so  hot  for  them  that  they  de- 
cided to  put  him  out  of  the  way. 


John  M.  Chase  is  a  thief,  aged  32 
years,  height  5  ft.  lof  in.,  and  weighs 
185  Ibs.  He  has  a  coat  of  arms  and  a 
blazing  star  in  india  ink  on  right  arm. 
He  was  born  in  Compton,  Mass.  His 
thefts  are  numerous  and  he  has  been 
arrested  numerous  times.  He  is  what 
may  be  called  an  Eastern  thief.  His 
last  arrest  was*  in  Boston  in  October, 
1888,  having  robbed  a  harness  maker 
of  that  city,  and  when  searched,  proof 
of  various  robberies  within  a  short 
time  was  found  on  his  person. 


DANIEL  COLLINS. 


CHAS.  O'CONNOR. 


BILLY  CONNERS. 


JOHN  M.  CHASE. 


E.  D.  STOW. 


NELS  OLSEN  HOLONG. 


Nels  Olsen  Holong  is  another  one 
filling  the  long  list  of  murderers. 
The  crime  was  committed  at  Fergus 
Falls,  Minn.,  and  the  victim  was  a 
woman  named  Lillie  Field.  The 
case  was  at  the  time  the  sensation  of 
that  part  of  the  country,  and  the 
evidence  was  so  plain,  that  it  only 
took  the  jury  twenty  minutes  to  find 
the  fatal  verdict. 


In  September,  1888,  E.  D.  Stow  of 
Medina,  O.  ,  was  23  years  of  age  and 
moved  in  good  society  in  that  place. 
He  was  a  proprietor  of  a  steam  laundry 
and  appeared  to  be  a  promising  young 
man.  For  two  years  the  retail  mer- 
chants were  continually  complaining  of 
losses  from  their  money  drawers,  but 
were  in  the  dark  as  to  who  was 
guilty  of  the  thefts.  Stow  was  the  guilty 
party.  He  had  the  confidence  of  the 
merchants  and  had  been  tapping  their 
tills  in  broad  daylight.  He  had  the 
combinations  of  the  different  drawers 
and  had  no  difficulty.  He  was  detected 
in  the  act. 


DAN  LYONS. 


Dan  Lyons  was  a  crook  and  thief, 
and  was  convicted  of  murdering  Joseph 
J.  Quinn  in  New  York  City,  in  July. 
1887.  Quinn,  who  was  a  respectable 
young  man,  knew  Lyons,  who  asked 
Quinn  to  give  him  a  recommendation 
that  would  get  him  a  place.  Quinn 
said  to  give  him  a  recommendation 
would  only  hurt  himself  and  refused  ; 
a  fight  followed  and  Lyons  was  worsted. 
He  swore  to  kill  Quinn.  He  borrowed 
a  pistol,  and  a  week  later  went  around 
looking  for  Quinn,  and  about  5.30 
P.  M.  saw  him  jump  from  a  car. 
Lyons  followed  and  shot  him.  Quinn 
died  two  hours  later. 


THOMAS  REILY. 


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Thomas  Reily,  alias  Roy.  is  one  of 
the  most  desperate  characters  in  the 
crooked  world.  He  has  served  many 
terms  in  Prison  for  burglary.  His 
latest  arrest  was  for  burglary  at  Evans- 
ville,  Incl.  He  was  collared  at  Elysia, 
Ohio,  some  twenty  miles  from  Cleve- 
land, by  the  Sheriff,  wlio  started  with 
him  on  the  train  for  Evansville. 
When  the  train  was  going  at  the  rate 
of  forty  miles  an  hour,  the  burglar 
made  a  dash  and  jumped  from  the 
lightning  train,  handcuffed,  and  at 
the  darkest  hour  of  the  night,  making 
his  escape,  which  was  one  of  the  most 
daring  on  record. 


NELS  OLSEN  HOLONG. 


E.  D.  STOW. 


DAN  LYONS. 


THOMAS  REILY. 


BILLY  PORTER. 


Billy  Porter  is  one  of  the  most  cel- 
ebrated cracksmen  and  bank  burglars 
in  America,  and  is  known  in  every 
city  in  the  Union,  and  has  also  been 
an  inmate  of  numerous  prisons  through- 
out the  country.  He  was  the  pal  of 
the  celebrated  Johnny  Irving,  who  was 
killed  in  a  fracas  in  Shang  Draper's 
saloon  in  6th  Avenue,  New  York. 
He  formed  also  an  alliance  with 
Michael  Kurtz,  alias  Sheeney  Mike, 
and  with  him  made  a  business  tour  of 
Europe.  On  his  return  he  was  arrested 
for  robbing  a  Troy  jeweler  of  about 
$84,000  worth  of  diamonds,  some  two 
years  before. 


NATHAN  B.  FOSTER. 


Nathan  B.  Foster  is  another  one  of 
the  celebrated  forgers  of  securities, 
known  to  the  people  both  of  this 
country  and  Europe.  Most  of  his 
principal  crimes  have  been  committed 
in  this  country,  in  connection  with 
such  noted  counterfeiters  as  William 
Brockway,  J.  B.  Doyle,  Louis  Martin 
and  others.  He  was  connected  with 
Brockway  in  the  making  and  passing 
five  hundred  dollar counterfeitTreasury 
notes.  He  was  also  connected  with 
Martin  in  the  making  of  $1,000  bonds 
of  the  Morris  &  Essex  R.  R.  of  New 
Jersey,  a  large  portion  of  which  they 
floated.  When  arrested,  a  large  quan- 
tity of  these  bonds  were  found  on  his 
person.  He  is  about  40  years  of  age 
and  a  native  of  Bradford,  Ills.  An 
expert  penman,  but  his  particular 
branch  was  to  dipose  of  the  counter- 
feit stuff. 


WALTER  SHERIDAN. 


MICHAEL  KURTZ. 


Walter  Sheridan  is  one  of  the  most 
notorious  criminals  in  the  country. 
Amongst  his  aliases  are  Stewart,  John 
Horcomb,  Charles  Ralston  and  Walter 
Stanton.  He  is  54  years  of  age,  and 
is  5  ft.  7  in.  tall,  and  of  dignified 
appearance.  When  a  mere  boy  he 
dashed  into  crime  and  became  a  horse 
thief  in  Western  Missouri.  He  after- 
ward became  an  accomplished  general 
thief  and  confidence  man,  and  later 
developed  into  a  bank  thief  and  has 
made  many  rich  hauls  from  different 
banks  in  the  country,  for  some  of 
which  he  has  served  his  time.  His 
neatest  job  was  when  he  relieved  an 
old  gentleman  of  $75,000  in  bonds, 
while  he  was  purchasing  an  apple  at 
an  apple  stand. 


Michael  Kurtz,  alias  Sheeney  Mike, 
is  a  notorious  burglar,  and  has  been 
an  associate  of  the  most  celebrated 
cracksmen  in  the  profession,  such  as 
Billy  Porter,  Johnny  Irving,  Frank 
McCoy  and  Pete  Emerson.  He,  like 
most  of  this  notorious  gang  is  known 
all  over  the  country,  and  has  been  an 
inmate  of  several  prisons.  He  and 
Billy  Porter  made  a  tour  of  Europe 
together,  and  succeeded  in  making 
some  rich  hauls  without  detection, 
and  upon  their  return  had  quite  a 
large  amount  of  money. 


BILLY  PORTER. 


NATHAN  B.  FOSTER. 


WALTER  SHERIDAN. 


MICHAEL  KURTZ. 


MAGGIE  ESTARS. 


AUGUST  HETZKE. 


Maggie  Estars  was  the  keeper  of  a 
low  resort  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  and 
was  accused  of  the  crime  of  killing  a 
man  of  the  same  place,  by  the  name 
of  A.  T.  Truett.  Truett  went  to  the 
woman's  place  of  business,  and  quar- 
reled with  her.  He  endeavored  to 
escape  through  the  front  door,  when 
the  woman  picked  up  a  fire  shovel, 
and  just  as  he  was  going  out  of  the 
door,  hit  him  on  the  head  with  it,  and 
from  the  effects  of  which  he  died. 


This  individual  was  convicted  in 
Chicago,  Ills.,  of  murder  in  the  first 
degree,  he  having  beaten  his  little 
step-son  to  death.  He  was  always 
most  cruel  to  the  child,  and  on  every 
opportunity  treated  him  in  an  inhuman 
manner.  The  child's  suffering  only 
seemed  more  to  anger  this  brute,  until 
at  last  he  beat  him  to  death.  The 
case  created  a  great  deal  of  excitement 
at  the  time  in  Chicago. 


WILLIAM  MUNDFROM. 


One  of  the  most  cold  blooded  mur- 
ders ever  committed  occurred  in  Black- 
hawk  County,  Iowa,  in  the  killing  of 
Christian  Hemme,  by  the  above  named 
individual.  The  body  was  found  in  a 
shallow  well  on  his  farm  at  Mt.  Vernon 
township,  near  Waterloo,  Iowa.  The 
man's  wife  was  held  as  an  accomplice 
of  William  Mundfrom  for  the  killing 
of  her  husband. 

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AUGUST  DETLAF. 
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John  Phillips  and  Skip  Larkin  of 
Chicago,  Ills.,  were  shot  and  instantly 
killed  on  the  evening  of  July  29,  1888, 
by  August  Detlaf,  who  is  a  Pole.  The 
two  men  were  on  their  way  home  from 
a  ball  game.  The  murder  was  a  most 
unprovoked  one,  and  occurred  in  a 
general  row  among  a  number  of  Poles, 
precipitated  by  some  jesting  remarks 
made  by  Phillips  and  Larkin.  During 
the  affray  Detlaf  appeared  on  the 
scene  suddenly,  with  a  44  calibre 
revolver  and  deliberately  shot  the  two 
men  alluded  to. 


MAGGIE  ESTARS. 


AUGUST  HETZKE. 


WILLIAM  MUNDFROM. 


AUGUST  DETLAF. 


WILLIAM  D.  SINDRAM. 


On  Friday,  the  2istday  of  October, 
1882,  William  D.  Sindram  was  hanged 
in  the  Tombs,  New  York  City,  for  the 
murder  of  his  landlady,  Mrs.  Crave. 
The  murder  was  committed  a  year 
earlier.  Sindram  had  been  drinking, 
and  entered  his  boarding  house,  and 
without  provocation  shot  his  landlady. 
He  maintained  a  bold  front  up  to  the 
minute  of  his  execution,  and  walked 
without  flinching  to  the  gallows,  and 
showed  more  nerve  than  one  would 
suppose  possible  under  the  circum- 
stances. 


SAMUEL  MOORE  WILLIAMS. 


Samuel  Moore  Williams  in  1879, 
committed  a  cold  blooded  murder  in 
Garrard  County,  Ky.  He  fled  to 
California,  but  was  followed  by  detec- 
tives. He  was  then  twenty-five  years 
old,  5  ft.  ii  in.  in  height,  and  weighed 
about  180  Ibs.  He  is  something  of  a 
musician,  playing  the  violin  and  guitar, 
and  is  fond  of  frequenting  saloons. 
Is  in  the  habit  of  boasting  of  being  a 
Southerner  and  a  confederate. 


TOM  PRICE. 


JOSEPH  CRAWFORD. 


This  portrait  represents  Tom  Price, 
a  Colorado  desperado,  who  has  acquir- 
ed no  little  notoriety  as  such,  and  in 
his  professional  capacity  of'road  agent 
in  that  section.  He  flourished  for  a 
time  as  leader  of  a  band  of  the  gentle- 
men of  the  road  who  made  travel  in 
that  part  of  the  country,  both  unpleas- 
ant and  unprofitable,  but  justice  has 
pretty  well  scattered  the  band,  some 
having  been  killed,  others  serving 
terms  in  prison,  and  some  fugitives 
from  justice. 


Joseph  Crawford  is  serving  a  term 
of  seventeen  years  in  Joliet  State 
Prison,  for  a  most  cold  blooded  mur- 
der. He  was  a  typical  Chicago  hood- 
lum, ready  for  any  deviltry  or  crime. 
He,  with  two  other  companions  were 
carousing  in  the  streets,  making  night 
hideous  with  their  ruffianly  revelry, 
noticed  a  poor  laboring  man  approach- 
ing, when  they  proceeded  to  hold 
him  up.  The  poor  man  showed  he 
did  not  have  a  cent,  when  the  ruffian 
Crawford  out  of  spite  and  disappoint- 
ment, shot  the  poor  man  dead. 


WILLIAM  D.  SINDRAM. 


SAMUEL  MOORE  WILLIAMS. 


TOM  PRICE. 


JOSEPH  CRAWFORD. 


MABEL  SMITH. 


HATTIE  WOOL.STEEN. 


This  big  mulatto  is  a  wicked  crea- 
ture, who  severed  her  grandmother's 
head  from  her  body  with  an  axe,  in 
order  to  effect  her  elopement  with  her 
white  paramour,  who  called  himself 
Thomas  B.  Hay  ward.  After  the  deed, 
they  skipped  off  together  in  a  buggy. 
The  old  woman  was  opposed  to  the 
connection,  and  it  was  supposed  the 
deed  was  done  in  a  fit  of  anger  while 
quarreling  over  the  man.  They  were 
both  captured  a  few  hours  after  the 
deed. 

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One  of  the  most  extraordinary 
crimes  which  ever  excited  California, 
occurred  in  a  small  village,  eleven 
miles  East  of  South  Los  Angeles. 
Doc  Harlan,  a  well  known  sporting 
dentist  was  a  victim.  His  body  was 
found  in  the  ruins  of  an  out-house, 
where  he  lived  with  two  sisters,  Hattie 
and  Minnie  Woolsteen  for  some  time. 
Hattie  was  arrested  and  accused  of 
the  murder.  Jealousy  was  supposed 
to  be  the  cause. 


ANTONE  WERNER. 
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Antone  Werner  murdered  Josef 
Fisher  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  He 
came  to  this  country  in  1884,  and 
was  born  in  Austria.  In  1885  he 
went  to  Poughkeepsie  with  Josef 
Fisher.  He  is  a  carriage  trimmer,  but 
has  not  worked  at  his  trade  in  this 
country.  He  left  a  wife  in  Austria 
and  married  again  in  this  country, 
thereby  committing  bigamy.  He  was 
released  from  jail  a  short  time  before 
the  murder,  which  was  caused  by 
Werner  being  jealous  of  Fisher. 


CHAS.  0.  BROCKWAY. 


One  of  the  most  noted  forgers  of 
bonds,  bank  notes,  etc.,  in  the  crimi- 
nal history  of  this  country,  was  this 
man.  He  was  born  in  Connecticut  in 
1822,  and  studied  chemistry  under 
Professor  Stillman,  of  Yale  College. 
He  began  forging  in  1849.  His  first 
imprisonment  was  in  New  York  State. 
He  formed  an  alliance  in  1865  with 
Chas.  H.  Smith,  James  Doyle  and 
Lewis  R.  Martin,  noted  forgers;  and 
during  their  career  of  crime  millions 
of  dollars  of  forged  securities  were 
floated.  He  put  on  the  market  large 
numbers  of  7.30  $1,000  Government 
bonds;  in  1873,  fiye  hundred  dollar 
Treasury  notes,  and  later  six  different 
one  hundred  dollar  bank  notes. 
Brockway's  nearest  imitators  have 
never  approached  him  in  skill  or  the 
magnitude  of  his  operations. 


MABEL  SMITH. 


HATTIE  WOOJLSTEEN. 


ANTONE  WERNER. 


CHAS.  0.  BROCKWAY. 


JOHN  WALL. 


John  Wall  is  a  notorious  pickpocket, 
belonging  to  the  Western  country. 
He  is  a  Swede,  aged  about  25  years. 
He  has  been  numerous  times  in  prison, 
and  belongs  to  the  notorious  Yowles 
gang,  having  their  headquarters  in 
Cincinnati.  His  pals  are  such  thieves 
as  John  Burke,  Tom  Kelly,  Dutch 
Galvin,  and  others,  all  belonging  and 
headed  by  old  man  Yowles.  He  can 
read  and  write,  is  of  slim  build,  height 
about  5  ft.  6  in.,  and  weighs  about 
140  pounds. 


SAM  STRAHLER. 
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Sam  Strahler,  alias  Dayton  Sammy, 
is  one  of  the  most  successful  pick- 
pockets of  the  country,  and  belonged 
to  what  was  known  in  the  West,  as 
Old  Man  Yowles  gang.  He  was  born 
in  Dayton,  Ohio,  is  a  well  built  man. 
and  has  some  education.  His  last 
arrest  took  place  in  the  spring  of  lRS8, 
at  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  had 
gone  to  ply  his  trade,  while  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  were 
holding  their  convention  there,  and 
relied  upon  the  large  crowds  in 
attendance  to  reap  a  rich  harvest,  but 
was  arrested  while  in  the  act  of  pick- 
ing pockets. 


JOHN  O'BRIEN. 


John  O'Brien,  alias  Mickey  Delaney, 
alias  Sullivan,  is  regarded  by  Califor- 
nia detectives  as  the  most  expert  and 
dangerous  burglar  on  the  Pacific  coast. 
It  is  said,  give  him  a  crowtar  and  axe, 
and  he  will  find  his  way  into  any 
depository  of  valuables  that  he  may 
deem  worth  the  labor.  He  has  served 
several  terms  in  prison.  He  is  40 
years  of  age,  height  5  ft.  7  in.,  and 
weighs  140  Ibs.,  and  as  an  individual, 
he  will  keep  the  police  busy  wherever 
he  may  be. 


JAMES  FHILLJFS. 


James  Phillips  was  sentenced  at 
Springfield,  Mo.,  to  the  penitentiary 
for  ten  years,  for  the  murder  of  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Clarkson  of  that  place.  He 
was  found  guilty  of  murder  in  the 
second  degree.  The  crime  was  com- 
mitted in  June,  1887.  Mrs.  Clarkson, 
whose  husband  worked  in  a  flouring 
mill,  was  a  paramour  of  Phillips,  but 
she  urged  him  to  quit  coming  to  her 
house  ;  this,  according  to  the  evidence, 
so  enraged  him,  that  he  shot  and  killed 
her. 


JOHN  WALL. 


SAM  STRAHLER.  . 


JOHN  O'BRIEN. 


JAMES  PHILLIPS. 


Mme.  DEL  YASTRO. 


Mrs.  WM.  HUNTERMARK. 


Mme.  del  Vastro  was  sentenced  to 
two  years  in  State  Prison,  on  a  charge 
of  selling  obscene  pictures.  She  carried 
on  one  of  the  most  nefarious  business 
ever  brought  to  light  by  Mr.  Comstock 
and  his  Society.  Not  alone  did  she 
carry  on  the  traffic  of  indecent  picture 
selling,  but  she  kept  a  regular  bureau, 
through  which  she  made  assignations 
with  wealthy  men  and  women  moving 
in  good  society,  and  worse  than  all, 
lured  young  children  into  her  den  to 
be  ruined.  Her  sentence  was  hailed 
with  satisfaction  by  thousands. 


This  is  a  portrait  of  Mrs.  William 
Himtermark,  the  devilish  female,  who 
brutally  murdered  one  of  Baltimore's 
most  respectable  citizens,  Mr.  Charles 
Ensor,  an  old  man  of  65  years.  Mr. 
Ensqr  had  been  gunning,  and  fatigued 
he  sat  down  on  a  stone  on  Mrs.  Htm- 
termark's  premises.  She  had  been 
making  many  bold  threats  of  killing 
the  first  trespasser  on  her  husband's 
domains.  Procuring  a  navy  revolver, 
she  proceeded  to  where  Mr.  Ensor 
was,  and  suddenly  seizing  his  gun, 
wrenched  it  from  his  hands  and  then 
deliberately  shot  him  twice,  wounding 
him  fatally. 


GEORGE  HARRISON. 


George  Harrison,  calling  himself 
the  General,  is  a  famous  forger,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  famous  Colum- 
biana  Gang  of  forgers  making  their 
headquarters  in  New  York.  This 
gang  was  composed  of  the  most  daring 
and  accomplished  forgers  in  America. 
The  gang  was  named  after  their  leader 
Columbiana,  who  was  trapped  by  a 
female  detective,  and  is  now  serving 
12  years  in  prison.  Harrison  is  said 
to  be  the  evil  genius  and  the  brains  of 
the  gang  He  is  34  years  of  age  and 
born  in  the  United  States. 


JOE  WILSON. 


Joe  Wilson  is  a  notorious  thief  and 
expert  pickpocket.  He  has  been  a 
thief  all  his  life,  and  as  much  as 
twenty  years  ago  was  arrested  in 
Boston  for  picking  pockets.  He  has 
grown  up  in  crime,  becoming  bolder 
and  more  reckless  with  age.  His  pal 
was  a  man  named  James  Wilson,  alias 
Pretty  Jimmy,  who  is  also  an  expert 
pickpocket.  They  are  known  all  over 
the  country,  as  they  were  in  the  habit 
of  following  the  large  circuses,  and 
plying  their  vocation  by  mingling  with 
the  crowds. 


Mme.  DEL  YASTRO. 


Mrs.  WM.  HUNTERMARK. 


GrEORGE  HARRISON. 


JOE  WILSON. 


DAN  DRISCOLL. 
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Dan  Driscoll  was  without  doubt  one 
of  the  most  notorious  criminals  of  his 
day.  He  was  the  recognized  leader 
of  the  notorious  Whyo  Gang  of  the 
6th  Ward  of  New  York,  and  he  has 
probably  figured  in  more  shooting 
scrapes  and  brawls  than  any  ruffian  of 
his  age.  He  was  born  in  the  6th  Ward 
and  was  never  out  of  it,  unless  in 
prison.  His  aptitude  for  crime  became 
evident  at  an  early  age  and  as  he  grew 
older  he  became  more  hardened.  He 
always  carried  a  pistol,  which  he  at 
last  used  with  fatal  result,  having 
killed  a  woman  named  Beezy  Garrity, 
although  it  was  his  intention  to  kill  a 
pal  by  the  name  of  McCarty.  For 
this,  he  was  hung  in  the  Tombs  in 
February,  1888. 


Mrs.  BELLE  MCDONALD. 


In  September,  1888,  detectives  made 
a  descent  on  a  burglars  hiding  place  at 
Cincinnati,  O.,  and  plunder  valued  at 
several  thousands  of  dollars  was  cap- 
tured. The  detectives  also  captured 
Mrs.  Belle  McDonald,  the  wife  of  one 
of  the  gang  of  burglars,  and  found 
concealed  in  her  bustle  over  $1,000 
worth  of  jewelry  and  trinkets,  and  this 
display  when  spread  out  was  something 
remarkable,  and  a  wonder  how  so 
much  could  be  concealed  in  a  bustle. 
There  were  rings,  watches,  bracelets, 
chains  and  brooches,  opera  glasses, 
and  in  fact  sufficient  to  start  a  fair 
size  jewelry  store. 


GEORGE  DALLAS. 


GEORGE  TRESSLER. 


At  Chatham,  Va.,  George  Dallas  re- 
ceived a  sentence  of  eighteen  years  in 
prison.  The  crime  for  which  this 
long  sentence  was  imposed  was  for 
whipping  his  adopted  son  to  death, 
and  that  he  got  off  without  the  death 
penalty  being  inflicted  was  a  wonder. 
He  was  a  most  brutal  negro,  and  his 
object  probably  in  adopting  the  boy 
was  that  he  might  live  on  the  money 
that  he  might  make,  and  the  continued 
whipping  to  which  he  subjected  the 
lad  was  probably  caused  by  his  dis- 
satisfaction at  the  result. 


A  cold  blooded  murder  was  com- 
mitted in  October,  1884,  in  Fanbault 
County,  Minn.  At  the  time  in  ques- 
tion, about  8  P.  M.,  while  the  family 
of  OH  Iveson  were  seated  at  supper, 
three  masked  men  stepped  in,  two 
with  shot  guns,  cocked,  and  aimed  at 
Iveson,  exclaiming  "hold  up  your 
hands."  Iveson  expostulated  and  one 
of  the  guns  was  discharged,  the  con- 
1  tents  striking  him  in  the  face.  The 
other  gun  was  snapped  but  failed  to 
discharge.  Although  there  were  three 
other  men  in  the  room,  they  were  so 
paralyzed  with  fear  that  they  made  no 
effort  to  arrest  the  ruffians,  who  backed 
out  and  made  their  escape.  The  next 
morning  the  three  were  arrested  and 
proved  to  be  Joshua,  George  and 
Levi  Tressler. 


DAN  DRISCOLL. 


Mrs.  BELLE  MCDONALD. 


GEORGE  DALLAS. 


GEORGE  TRESSLER. 


GEORGE  CARSON. 


George  Carson,  alias  John  Reilly, 
is  a  well-known  bank  sneak  thief,  and 
is  known  as  Little  George.  He  has 
participated  in  most  of  the  prominent 
bank  robberies  in  the  country.  He  was 
a  pal  and  companion  of  Rufus  Miner, 
another  well-known  bank  thief,  and 
between  them  they  have  realized  many 
a  rich  haul.  Both  of  them  have  served 
their  times  in  prison.  Their  most 
notable  job  was  the  robbery  of  a 
wealthy  Nassau  Street,  N.  Y.,  real 
estate  dealer.  He  had  on  his  desk 
$470  ooo  in  bonds,  when  he  was  called 
to  the  street,  on  the  pretence  that 
somebody  wished  to  see  him  in  a 
carriage.  He  locked  his  door  and 
went  down,  but  found  nobody.  On 
his  return  the  door  had  been  forced 
open,  and  the  bonds  were  gone. 
Carson  and  Miner  concocted  this  clever 
robbery. 


CHAS.  H.  SMITH. 


Chas.  H.  Smith  is  a  noted  forger, 
'way  up  in  the  records  of  the  pro- 
fessional criminal.  He  stands  in  the 
same  category  with  such  renowned 
forgers  as  Brockway,  Doyle,  Smith 
and  others,  and  was  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal workers  with  this  gang.  He  was 
connected  with  Brockway,  being  an 
expert  engraver  in  getting  up  a  coun- 
terfeit of  the  one  thousand  dollar 
seven-thirty  government  bond,  eighty 
thousand  dollars  of  which  were  pur- 
chased by  Jay  Cook  &  Co.,  at  that 
time.  In  1873,  i»  connection  with 
Tom  Ballard,  he  flooded  the  country 
with  five  hundred  dollar  Treasury 
notes. 


OSCAR  COOK. 


LEWIS  R.  MARTIN. 


Oscar  Cook,  known  as  one  of  the 
Cummings  gang,  was  one  of  the  five 
men  who,  on  Oct.  25 th,  1887,  succeed- 
ed in  robbing  the  safe  of  the  Adams 
Express  Co.,  on  the  St.  Louis  &  San 
Francisco  road,  of  $60,000  in  cash. 
•  Cook,  who  resided  in  Leavenworth, 
Kansas,  was  an  intimate  friend  of 
Frederick  Witrock,  the  leader  of  the 
gang,  and  after  the  robbery  displayed 
large  sums  of  money,  although  before 
he  was  penniless.  He  claimed  to  have 
won  the  money  in  a  lottery,  but  this 
idea  was  soon  exploded.  Cook  was 
found  in  close  intercourse  with  Wit- 
rock  and  others  of  the  gang  after  the 
robbing,  and  when  arrested  sufficient 
evidence  was  found  to  implicate  him 
in  his  great  robbery. 


Lewis  R.  Martin  is  another  one  of 
this  celebrated  forgers  of  securities  in 
the  country,  and  was  the  associate  of 
such  forgers  as  Brockway,  Doyle, 
Smith  and  Foster.  His  association 
with  Brockway  and  his  counterfeiting 
operations  date  back  early  in  the  six- 
ties. In  1875  he  was  indicted  in  the 
western  district  of  Pennsylvania  as  an 
accomplice  of  Henry  Maxey,  alias 
Sweet,  for  passing  counterfeit  $500 
Treasury  notes  of  the  Brockway 
manufacture.  He  is  an  expert  penman, 
although  his  principal  business  in 
connection  with  the  gang  was  the  plac 
ing  of  the  counterfeit  securities.  He 
was  looked  upon  as  a  capitalist,  and 
is  supposed  to  have  furnished  the 
money  for  the  furtherance  of  most  of 
the  schemes. 


GEORGE  CARSON. 


CHAS.  H.  SMITH. 


OSCAR  COOK. 


LEWIS  R.  MARTIN. 


FERNAND  B.  POUPART. 
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Fernand  B.  Poupart  was  at  one 
time  confidential  clerk  of  the  treasurer 
of  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Exchange. 
He,  together  with  another  clerk,  Geo. 
Penser,  stole  $25,000  worth  of  securi- 
ties belonging  to  the  Exchange,  and 
pledged  them  with  the  bank  in  New 
Orleans. 


ISRAEL  LUCAS. 


Israel  Lucas  is  another  one  of  the 
many  embezzlers  who  fled  from  the 
United  States  to  Canada,  where  he 
was  arrested.  He  embezzled  funds 
amounting  to  $31,000,  which  was 
intrusted  to  him  as  treasurer  of 
Auglaize  County,  O.  He  first  went 
to  Wapakoneta,  O.,  and  from  there 
made  his  way  to  Toronto,  where  he 
was  finally  captured  by  the  detectives 
who  were  on  his  tracks. 

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EDDIE  GUERING. 


Eddie  Guering,  alias  James  E.  May, 
is  one  of  the  most  notorious  crooksi 
thiefs  and  train  robbers  in  the  coun- 
try. He  is  known  throughout  the 
whole  Western  section  of  the  country 
and  belongs  to  a  gang  which  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  desperate  in 
Ohio.  This  gang  is  accused  of  mur- 
dering Detective  Hulligan,  of  Cleve- 
land, at  a  place  called  Parenna,  Ohio. 
This  detective  was  most  energetic  in 
hunting  the  gang  and  thereby  incurred 
their  deadly  enmity,  with  the  above 
result. 


JOHNNY  BEAL. 


Johnny  Beal,  only  thirteen,  killed 
his  mother,  Mrs.  Nancy  Beal,  aged 
fifty-one  years,  at  Eaton,  O.,  in  June, 
1888.  This  young  rascal  at  first 
pleaded  not  guilty,  but  he  afterward 
entered  a  plea  in  court  of  guilty  of 
murder  in  the  second  degree,  thereby 
saving  his  neck  from  the  gallows. 
It  was  a  horrible  crime,  which  created 
no  little  excitement  at  the  time  at 
Eaton,  and  the  depravity  of  such  a 
youth  is  unparalleled. 

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FERNAND  B.  FOUPART. 


ISRAEL  L.UCAS. 


EDDIE  GUERING. 


JOHNNY  BEAL. 


S.  FISCHER. 


GEORGE  ENGEL. 


The  sequel  to  the  terrible  Hay- 
market  massacre  in  Chicago  on  May 
4th,  1886,  was  brought  to  a  close  on 
Nov.  nth,  1887,  by  the  hanging  of 
Fischer,  together  with  Spiess,  Engel 
and  Parsons.  Fischer  was  a  pronoun- 
ced Anarchist,  and  in  connection  with 
the  above,  and  Schwab,  Fielding  and 
Lingg  incited  and  took  active  part  in 
that  tragedy,  whereby  dozens  of  offi- 
cers and  others  were  killed  and  wound- 
ed. The  trial  of  these  men  was  a 
memorable  one,  and  every  effort  was 
made  to  save  their  lives,  but  without 
avail,  excepting  in  the  case  of  Schwab 
and  Fielding,  whose  sentence  was 
commuted  to  imprisonment  for  life, 
there  being  extenuating  circumstan- 
ces in  these  cases. 


Another  one  who  expiated  his  crime 
on  the  gallows  in  Chicago  for  his  com- 
plicity in  the  Anarchists  riot  in  that 
city  on  May  4th,  1886,  was  George 
Engel.  The  ringleaders  in  this  bloody 
massacre,  and  the  incite rs  of  same  in 
connection  with  Engel,  was  Schwab, 
Fielding,  Spiess,  Lingg,  Parsons  and 
Fischer,  all  of  them  red  hot  Anar- 
chists, and  all  of  whom  attended  the 
meeting,  and  by  their  speeches  in- 
cited the  mob  to  bloodshed  and  vio- 
lence. Engel  was  foreman  of  the 
Arbeiter-Zeitung,  a  Socialistic  paper. 
He  had  revenge  circulars  printed, 
which  he  had  circulated,  in  order  to 
collect  an  armed  meeting  at  the  Hay- 
market.  He  was  hung  with  Spiess, 
Parsons  and  Fischer  on  Nov.  nth, 
1887. 


Gc.  SCHWAB. 


Amongst  the  seven  condemned 
Anarchists  who  were  convicted  and 
sentenced  to  be  hung  in  Chicago, 
Schwab  escaped  the  death  penalty  by 
having  his  sentence  commuted  by  the 
Governor  to  imprisonment  for  life- 
Schwab,  in  connection  with  his  fellow- 
conspirators,  was  a  leader  amongst  the 
Anarchists  in  Chicago.  It  was  proven 
at  the  trial  that  there  was  a  conspiracy 
to  create  a  riot  and  cause  bloodshed 
at  the  celebrated  meeting  at  the  Hay- 
market  Square.  The  conspiracy  was 
successful,  so  far  as  the  killing  of 
dozens  of  brave  officers  were  con- 
cerned, but  disastrous  to  the  leaders, 
four  of  whom  were  hung,  two  sent  to 
prison  for  life  and  one  committed 
suicide  on  the  morning  of  the  execu- 
tion'. 


SAM  FIELDING. 


Sam  Fielding  is  serving  a  life  im- 
prisonment in  the  Illinois  States 
Prison  for  his  complicity  in  the  Anar- 
chists riot  of  May  4th,  1886,  'and 
known  as  the  Haymarket  massacre. 
Fielding  was  a  leader  amongst  the 
Socialists  of  that  city,  and  on  the 
evening  in  question  an  immense  meet- 
ing was  held  in  Haymarket  Square,  at 
which  he  incited  the  mob  to  violence 
and  to  arms.  Bombs  were  thrown 
amongst  the  police,  doing  fearful 
damage,  and  a  terrible  scene  of  blood- 
she^  and  riot  followed.  Fielding  was 
sentenced  to  be  hung,  together  with 
his  fellow-conspirators,  seven  in  num- 
ber, but  on  the  morning  of  the  execu- 
tion his  sentence  was  commuted  by 
the  Governor  to  imprisonment  for 
life. 


S.  FISCHER. 


GEORGE  ENGEL. 


G.  SCHWAB. 


SAM  FIELDING. 


Mrs.  ALONZO  GARRETT. 


TOM  GCALYIN. 


The  alias  of  this  individual  is  Dutch 
Galvin.  He  is  a  pickpocket,  and  was 
born  in  Dayton,  Ohio.  He  can  read 
and  write,  is  stout  built,  height  about 
5  feet  5  inches,  and  weighs  about  150 
Ibs.  He  is  about  28  years  old.  He  is 
accomplished  in  his  profession  of  pick- 
pocket, and  his  cleverness  has  aided 
him  on  numerous  occasions  to  escape. 
He  belongs  to  the  Western  gang  of 
pickpockets,  who  boast  of  the  crack 
ones  amongst  their  number. 


This  woman  was  convicted  of  mur- 
der in  the  first  degree  in  Ohio.  She 
lived  on  a  farm  near  Spencer,  O.,  with 
her  husband  and  two  step-daughters, 
aged  respectively  26  and  42  years  ;  the 
latter  being  also  the  age  of  the  step- 
mother. The  daughters  were  half 
imbeciles,  and  Mrs.  Garrett  took  a 
violent  dislike  to  them,  partly  on 
account  of  mercenary  motives,  the 
former  being  well  to  do.  On  the  night 
of  November  ist,  1887,  this  .woman 
beat  in  the  heads  of  these  two  girls 
while  they  lay  asleep.  She  then  sat- 
urated the  bodies  and  bed  clothing  with 
coal  oil  and  set  same  on  fire.  The 
neighbors  were  aroused  by  the  flames, 
and  upon  their  arrival  on  the  scene 
found  the  woman  removing  furniture. 
Upon  going  into  the  house  the  above 
terrible  sight  met  their  gaze. 

SMS 


JOHN  ROBINSON. 


JOHN   MONAHAN. 


This  is  a  noted  pickpocket,  who 
also  goes  by  the  name  of  J.  W.  Mauer. 
His  age  is  19,  but,  although  young  in 
years,  he  is  old  in  crime,  and  is  a  pro- 
ficient pickpocket.  He  can  read  and 
write,  is  of  slim  build,  weighs  130  Ibs., 
and  is  5  feet  II  inches  in  height.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  Western  gang  of 
pickpockets.  His  last  arrest,  when  in 
Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  had  made 
quite  a  haul  for  several  days,  while  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  were  in 
convention  there. 


John  Monahan  is  a  well  known 
burglar,  although  only  nineteen  years 
of  age,  and  his  career  in  his  already 
short  life  has  been  one  of  crime.  His 
principal  operations  have  been  in  the 
West,  and  his  associates  have  been 
such  well-known  crooks  as  William 
Devine,  Dutch  Galvin,  John  Wall, 
the  Swede,  and  others,  all  Western 
thieves,  known  to  the  police  in  every 
city  of  that  section,  and  have  given 
their  services,  under  compulsion,  in 
several  prisons.  Monahan  was  born 
in  Cincinnati,  is  5  feet  6  inches  high, 
weighs  145  Ibs. 


TOM  GALVIN. 


Mrs.  ALONZO  GARRETT. 


JOHN  ROBINSON. 


JOHN  MONAHAN. 


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